Experiences of day care surgery in otolaryngology

Day care surgery in otolaryngology is gradually gaining popularity all around the world and the scope of day care surgery has improved significantly in recent years. 380 patients underwent ear, nose and throat surgery during the period Sep 2002–Aug2004. All the cases were done under local anaesthesia. Strict criteria were adopted for admission and discharge of the patients. Most of the patients (90.6%) who underwent ENT day care surgery did not experience unusual peroperative or postoperative discomfort. There was no case requiring postoperative admission to a hospital. There was a high degree of patient preference and satisfaction to day care surgery. Following proper guide lines for day care surgery and strict admission and discharge criteria has gone a long way in making day care surgery a success. It can be concluded that high medical standards can be achieved with low expenditure with this form of management.