Short stay surgery for hernia offers economic and social benefits but requires careful consideration of operative techniques and shifts workload to outpatient and community services.
Supports short-stay hernia repair in selected patients; leaves open optimal techniques and outpatient service reconfiguration.
The duration of postoperative stay has been falling in recent years as more conditions are considered suitable for outpatient care. The introduction of short stay surgery not only relieves hospital waiting lists but also represents an economic advantage and has certain social benefits for the patient. The treatment of more patients as day cases reallocates the workload, putting increased responsibility on to outpatient clinics and general practitioner and community services. It also demands careful consideration of in-hospital operative and anaesthetic techniques to speed recovery and minimize complications.
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C A Ruckley (1978) studied this question.