Ambulatory surgery ward is a fast and effective way of treating, nursing and patients’ education. We report the practice of ambulatory surgery ward in West China Hospital of Sichuan University about patients’ reception, treatment and nursing, medical safety, health education and post-operative follow-up. Results show that ambulatory surgery ward would guarantee patients’ safety, shorten hospitalization days and decrease medical cost, with more than 98% of patients’ satisfaction.
ObjectiveTo summarize and explore the clinical management and practical effect of ambulatory hysteroscopic surgery.MethodsThe annual operation volume, disease types, three- and four-grade operation proportion, complications, hospitalization expenses, patient satisfaction and average length of hospital stay of patients undergoing ambulatory hysteroscopic surgery in the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University between September 2014 and August 2019 were retrospectively analyzed.ResultsA total of 5 446 patients underwent hysteroscopic surgery during the five-year period, of whom 569 cases underwent the operation in conventional hospitalization mode in the first year and 4 877 cases did in ambulatory mode in the following four years. The quantity of hysteroscopy operations increased by stages (P<0.001) and the structure of disease types was optimized. The proportion of three- and four-grade complex operations increased from 48.15% to 79.15% stage by stage in ambulatory mode (P<0.05); ambulatory hysteroscopic surgery was proved to be safe and controllable with a low incidence of complications [0.43% (21/4 877)]; the average hospitalization cost of the patients was significantly lower than that of the conventional hospitalization mode (P<0.05); the score of patient satisfaction increased from 92.90±1.77 to 94.57±2.11 compared with the conventional hospitalization mode, and increased further with the construction of the specialized platform to 96.19±2.24 (P<0.05); the average length of hospital stay in ambulatory mode was significantly shortened than that in conventional hospitalization mode (P<0.05).ConclusionHysteroscopic surgery in ambulatory mode can improve the efficiency of medical services, ensure patient safety, improve patient satisfaction, reduce the average length of hospital stay, and reduce the economic burden of patients, so it could be widely promoted and standardized in clinical practice.
ObjectiveTo evaluate changes in operational effectiveness after the implementation of ambulatory surgical management in pars plana vitrectomy (PPV). MethodsA retrospective clinical study. 17 528 surgeries in 10 895 eyes of 10 895 patients who underwent minimally invasive PPV on an ambulatory and/or inpatient basis at Tianjin Medical University Eye Hospital from August 2015 to June 2023 were included in this study. Among them, 5 346 eyes in 5 346 cases were male; 5 549 eyes in 5 549 cases were female. The age ranged from 0 to 95 years, with the mean age of (57.74±13.15) years. 6 381 surgeries in 3 615 eyes from August 2015 to December 2018 (the initial period of day surgery) were used as the control group; 11 147 surgeries in 7 280 eyes from January 2019 to June 2023 (the expanded period of day surgery) were used as the observation group. According to the management mode of ambulatory surgery, the observation group was subdivided into the decentralized management group (January 2019 to December 2020) and the centralized management group (January 2021 to June 2023), with 2 905 and 4 375 eyes and 4 646 and 6 501 surgeries, respectively. Changes in the percentage of day surgery, average hospitalization days, and average unplanned reoperation rate were compared. The Mann-Whitney U test was used to compare numerical variables between groups; the chi-square test or Fisher's exact test was used to compare categorical variables. ResultsThe number of cases of daytime PPV performed in the observation group and control group was 7 852 (70.44%, 7 852/11 147) and 24 (0.38%, 24/6 381) cases, respectively, and the average hospitalization days were 1 (1) and 5 (3) d. Compared with the control group, the observation group had a significantly higher percentage of day surgery (χ2=8 051.01) and a considerably lower mean hospitalization day (Z=4 536 844.50), and the differences were statistically significant (P＜0.000 1). The mean hospitalization days in the decentralized and centralized management groups were 2 (3) and 1 (0) d, respectively, and unplanned reoperations were 34 (0.73%, 34/4 646) and 171 (2.63%, 171/6 501) eyes, respectively. Compared with the decentralized management group, average hospitalization days was significantly lower (Z=1 436.94) and unplanned reoperation rate was significantly higher (χ2=54.10) were significantly lower in the centralized management group, both of which were statistically significant (P＜0.000 1). ConclusionPPV ambulatory management model can significantly reduce the average hospitalization day, but also results in higher rates of unplanned reoperations.
Objective To investigate the cancellation of ambulatory surgeries based on doctor-patient assistants, analyze the reasons, and propose corresponding strategies in order to improve the utilization of medical resources and the operational efficiency of hospitals. Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted on patient data between May 2021 and October 2023, who successfully scheduled surgery at the Day Surgery Center of the First Affiliated Hospital of the Air Force Military Medical University and cancelled the surgery due to various reasons. The reasons for the cancellation were also analyzed. Results A total of 5691 surgeries were scheduled, and 27 surgeries were cancelled before admission, with a cancellation rate of 0.47%. A total of 5607 surgeries were completed, and 57 surgeries were cancelled on the day of surgery, with a cancellation rate of 1.01%. Among all departments, patients in Gastrointestinal Surgery Department and Urology Department had the highest cancellation rates before admission (1.61% and 0.68%, respectively), and the highest cancellation rates on the day of surgery (1.43% and 1.38%, respectively). The most common reason for cancellation before admission was surgical doctor business travel/other arrangements (22.22%). The most common reason for cancellation on the day of surgery was preoperative respiratory infections in patients (14.04%). ConclusionsThe establishment of doctor-patient assistant positions can to some extent help reduce the cancellation of ambulatory surgery before admission and on the day of surgery. For patients undergoing ambulatory surgery, preoperative education and evaluation should be strengthened, and management processes and systems should be improved, in order to reduce the cancellation rate of ambulatory surgery and improve hospital operational efficiency.
Ambulatory surgery has been vigorously promoted in China while there is a lack of unified management norms. Shanghai has a long-term pilot operation of ambulatory surgery in China, which has a certain management foundation. And it has actively promoted the standardized management since 2014. This article introduces the development and preparation of the Shanghai local standard The Hospital Management Specification of Ambulatory Surgery and the main structure and key technical content of the standard, in order to promote the standardization of ambulatory surgery management for reference.
ObjectiveTo explore the feasibility of radiofrequency ablation of great saphenous varicose veins in ambulatory surgery.MethodsPatients who underwent radiofrequency ablation of great saphenous varicose veins between May 2018 and June 2019 in General Hospital of Northen Theater Command were prospectively selected. According to their choices of treatment modes, patients were divided into two groups, day surgery group and routine inpatient group. The preoperative waiting time, length of hospital stay, and hospitalization expenses of the two groups were compared. The postoperative pain, tenderness, and complications were followed up on the first day (the next day after operation), the third day, and the fourteenth day after operation, and the time of return to normal life and work and patients’ satisfaction in two groups were recorded.ResultsA total of 95 patients were enrolled, including 52 in the day surgery group and 43 in the routine inpatient group. There was no significantly difference in age, gender, heart rate, mean arterial pressure, or operation time between the two groups (P>0.05). Compared with the routine inpatient group, the day surgery group had shorter preoperative waiting time, shorter length of hospital stay, and lower hospitalization expenses (P<0.05). In the day surgery group, the time of return to normal life and the time of return to work were shorter and patients’ satisfaction was significantly higher than those in the routine inpatient group (P<0.05). There was no significant difference in pain, tenderness, or paresthesia scores between the two groups after surgery according to the follow-up assessment (P>0.05); the pain, tenderness, and paresthesia scores on the first day and the third day were significantly different from those on the fourteenth day after surgery, indicating that the longer the postoperative time of the two groups, the less pain, tenderness, and paresthesia scores were.ConclusionRadiofrequency ablation of great saphenous varicose veins in ambulatory surgery has a short hospital stay, low medical cost, high patient satisfaction, and can ensure the safety of treatment at the same time, which is worthy of clinical promotion
With the continuous development of medical technology, ambulatory surgery or day surgery is becoming a new and very efficient medical service model in China. However, infection prevention and control in ambulatory surgery center has not yet attracted the attention of infection control practitioners. This paper analyzes the necessity, status quo, and entry point of infection prevention and control work in ambulatory surgery centers. Recommendations in the field of risk assessment, engineering control, behavior management, surveillance, and antimicrobial stewardship are provided to infection control practitioners as well.
Objective To explore the effect of multimodal pain management in the perioperative period of ambulatory laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Methods Non-randomized historical control method was adopted. Patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the Day Surgery Center of West China Hospital, Sichuan University were included. The patients who received single modal pain management between January and May 2020 were taken as the control group, and the patients who received multimodal pain management between January and May 2021 were taken as the trial group. The postoperative pain and pain-related indicators of the two groups were compared. Results A total of 731 patients were included, including 496 in the trial group and 235 in the control group. There was no significant difference in gender, age, body mass index, nationality, education level, diagnosis, marriage and occupation between the two groups (P>0.05). There were 41 patients with moderate or above pain after surgery in the trial group, of which 3 patients were accompanied by severe nausea and vomiting. There were 41 patients with moderate or above pain after surgery in the control group, of which 4 patients were accompanied by severe nausea and vomiting. The incidence of moderate or above postoperative pain (8.3% vs. 17.4%) and post-discharge pain (0.0% vs. 1.3%) in the trial group were lower than those in the control group (P<0.05). There was no significant difference in the incidence of postoperative severe nausea and vomiting and delayed discharge due to postoperative pain between the two groups (P>0.05). There was no statistically significant difference between the two groups patients with moderate or above pain in gender, age, body mass index, education level, diagnosis, time from the onset of pain to the end of surgery, pain location, pain nature, use rate of antiemetic drugs, and score after treatment (P>0.05). The majority of pain sites were surgical incision pain, and the nature of pain was mostly swelling pain. The pain score of patients with moderate or above pain in the trial group was lower than that of the control group (4.4±0.6 vs. 4.9±1.1, P<0.05). Conclusion Multimodal pain management reduces postoperative pain of patients undergoing ambulatory laparoscopic cholecystectomy by means of assessment, medication, procedure improvement, health education, which can provide guarantee for perioperative quality management of ambulatory laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Objective To understand the current situation of ambulatory surgery cancellation rates and the reasons for cancellation. Methods China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Wanfang data, VIP database, Embase, Web of Science, PubMed and Cochrane Library were systematically searched for literature reporting cancellation of ambulatory surgery and published between January 1st, 2000 and September 1st, 2023. Data extraction and meta-analysis were conducted after literature screening, and subgroup analyses were conducted based on the type of the ward, reasons for cancellation, and study sites. Results A total of 19 studies were included, with a total of 270528 cases of ambulatory surgeries, among which 12250 cases were cancelled. The ambulatory surgery cancellation rate was 5.8% [95% confidence interval (CI) (4.5%, 7.1%)]. Subgroup analyses showed that the cancellation rates of general wards, pediatric wards, and ophthalmic wards were 4.0% [95%CI (2.9%, 5.1%)], 9.9% [95%CI (5.2%, 14.5%)], and 8.1% [95%CI (2.7%, 13.4%)], respectively, and the difference in the cancellation rate among different types of wards was statistically significant (P=0.02); there was a significant difference in the surgery cancellation rate among different reasons for cancellation (P<0.01), the highest cancellation rate of surgery was due to disease factors, which was 2.5% [95%CI (1.2%, 3.9%)]; there was no statistically significant difference in the cancellation rate among different study sites (P=0.43). Conclusions The issue of cancellation of ambulatory surgery is prominent in clinical practice. Optimized management is therefore suggested in urgent.
ObjectiveTo break through the key problem in the process of ambulatory surgery operation and management, improve the operational efficiency of hospital, and ensure the quality and safety of medical care through new established ambulatory surgery informative platform.MethodsThrough the analysis of medical requirements and process optimization in ambulatory surgery in Xiangya Hospital, Central South University from March to April, 2020, we constructed an ambulatory surgery informative platform centered on patient behavior tracking.ResultsThere wasa significant difference in the reception time of different appointment modes before and after the launch of information platform [(290.45±50.35) vs. (158.58±40.27) s; t=16.040, P<0.001]. After the platform system went online, patients’ satisfaction with the treatment process, appointment waiting time, and overall satisfaction were higher than before (P<0.05); there was no significant difference in patients’ attitude towards medical staff before and after the system went online (P>0.05). The results of medical staff’s work experience after the system went online showed that the use of information platform could make the work more efficient (91.09%), the process more reasonable (91.09%), accurately and timely grasp the patient’s information (95.05%), guarantee the medical quality and safety (96.04%), and reduce the medical cost (88.12%).ConclusionThe ambulatory surgery informative platform improved our work efficiency and patients’ satisfaction, assured the quality and safety of medical care, and strengthen the multi-disciplinary synergy at the same time.