[Ambulatory surgery in ophthalmology: an experience in the private sector]

Outpatient surgery requires different criteria: short duration, non painful and non hemorrhagic postoperative follow up, a trained surgical and anesthesiological team. Many common ophthalmological surgical procedures meet these criteria. For a safe outpatient surgery, one must be careful for the patient selection and for the quality of the anesthesiology and the surgery. Outpatient surgery is common in other countries. In France, various centers are developing this approach. Many factors may explain why it seems easier to organize outpatient surgery in the private practice than in the public Hospital.