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Feasibility of not having a postoperative control at day-1 after outpatient oculoplastic surgical procedures
1University of Eye Clinic, Basel, Switzerland.
Background:
After outpatient oculoplastic surgical procedures, to report the feasibility of a policy of planning the first post-operative control not at one day after surgery but at the time of suture removal or lacrimal drainage system irrigation.
Patients And Methods:
A retrospective case-series chart review analysis in a tertiary referral center of hundred and five consecutive outpatients was performed. Surgical procedures: eyelid (75/105), transpunctal endoscopic lacrimal drainage (11/105), both eyelid and transpunctal endoscopic lacrimal drainage (15/105), orbita soft tissue (4/105).
Main Outcome:
number of patients who had a first post-operative control for a different purpose than the one planned by the policy and whether it led to additional interventions.
Results:
Out of 105 patients, 95 had their first control 12 +/- 4 days (mean +/- SD) after surgery according to the established policy. In 10 patients the first control occurred earlier (3 +/- 1 days) without leading to additional medico-surgical interventions.
Conclusion:
After outpatient oculoplastic surgical procedures, it is possible, with apparently no major consequences, to plan the first post-operative control not on the first day after surgery but later at time of suture removal or lacrimal drainage system irrigation.
