Day care urology in a hospital based setting

From January 1, 1991 to December 31, 1992, 3078 operations were performed on day care basis and 1185 operations on in-patient basis. Surgery performed on day care basis included ureteric stone basketing, ureteroenoscopic stone retrieval, JJ stenting, cystolithotripsy, TUR-BT, TUR-P and internal urethrotomy. Failure of complication rate was 0.97%. Most of the complications (26/29) could be detected early and managed by conversion of short admission into a regular one. Only 3 patients (0.1%) were admitted later on through the emergency. There was no mortality. In conclusion, we recommend urologic operative procedures on carefully selected patients on day-care basis to achieve two of the government's primary goals a) the provision of high quality services and b) the reduction of health care costs. Simultaneously a word of caution that it is unique challenge to be handled with care.