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Day-case adenoidectomy: how popular and safe in a rural environment?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

N. Siddiqui  and
M. W. Yung
N. Siddiqui
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, The Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK.
M. W. Yung*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, The Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK.
*
Address for correspondence: M. W. Yung, Ph.D., F.R.C.S., D.L.O., Department of Otolaryngology, The Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, Heath Road, Ipswich, Suffolk 1P5 4PD.
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Abstract

In spite of previously favourable reports on day-case adenoidectomy, thereare still worries amongst otolaryngologists that such practice is unsafe, especially in arural environment. A national survey was therefore carried out which shows that only 41 per cent of respondents perform adenoidectomy routinely as day-case, and even fewer in rural areas. A regional audit on day-case adenoidectomy, covering five hospitals, was conducted in East Anglia. Between 1994 to 1995, 73 day-case adenoidectomies were performed and the outcome was compared to those of 183 in-patient adenoidectomies during the same period. The children in the day-case group recovered post-operatively even better than the in-patient group. None of them stayed overnight or required re-admission. There was no increased in post-operative consultation to the general practitioner. The parents in the day-case group were mostly in favour of the day-case arrangement (88 per cent). The results suggest that day-case adenoidectomy is safe and popular with parents even in a rural environment.

Keywords

AdenoidectomyDay-care
Type
Main Articles
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 111 , Issue 5 , May 1997 , pp. 444 - 446
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1997

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