This document discusses day care surgery performed at a tertiary level hospital in India from 2014-2017. Some key points:
- Over 4,500 day care surgical procedures and 2,757 outpatient procedures were performed. Only 212 (2.9%) day care patients required admission.
- The benefits of day care surgery include lower costs (20-75% less than inpatient), increased access to treatment, and improved patient satisfaction.
- Common low-risk procedures performed included hernia repairs, hydrocele operations, circumcisions, and hemorrhoidectomies. Local anesthesia and short-acting general anesthesia were primarily used.