Key result
Office-based plastic surgery with general anesthesia offers a safe and cost-efficient alternative to hospital-based surgery.
Why the study?
Office-based plastic surgery with general anesthesia offers potential benefits over hospital-based surgery, but detailed evaluation of cost and time efficiency was needed.
Does office-based plastic surgery with general anesthesia improve cost and time efficiency compared with hospital-based surgery?
Does office-based plastic surgery with general anesthesia improve cost and time efficiency compared with hospital-based surgery?
Office-based plastic surgery with general anesthesia is presented as a safe, cost-effective, and time-efficient alternative to hospital-based surgery.
May support office-based GA in plastic surgery; leaves open need for prospective trials before practice change.
Office-based plastic surgery with general anesthesia has several benefits compared with hospital-based surgery. Office-based procedures can be done in a safe, cost- and time-efficient manner, with improved convenience for both the surgeon and the patient. A review and discussion of outpatient plastic surgery procedures at the Marina Outpatient Surgery Center in Marina del Rey, California, was performed.
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Spring et al. (2007) conducted a review in Plastic surgery. Office-based plastic surgery with general anesthesia vs. Hospital-based surgery was evaluated. Office-based plastic surgery with general anesthesia was reviewed and described as a safe, cost-efficient, and time-efficient alternative to hospital-based surgery.
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