Outpatient cholecystectomy: implications for hospital utilization.
One hundred consecutive outpatient cholecystectomies were reviewed to determine hospital utilization. Operative time was 43 minutes and total hospital time eight hours. Fifty patients required parenteral analgesia in the recovery room and five in day surgery. Eight patients were admitted postoperatively for an average hospital stay of 2.5 days. There was one readmission, no major complications and high patient satisfaction. Outpatient cholecystectomy may be possible for 90 percent of all elective patients.
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