Outpatient Surgery
Definition
Outpatient surgery, also referred to as ambulatory surgery, is surgery that does not require an overnight hospital stay. Patients may go home after being released following surgery and time spent in the recovery room.
Purpose
Mounting pressure to keep hospitalization costs down and improved technology have increased the frequency of outpatient surgery, with shorter medical procedure duration, fewer complications, and less cost.
Description
Due to improved pain control, advanced medical techniques—including those that reduce recovery time—and cost-cutting considerations, more and more surgeries are being performed on an...
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