1 Mar 2013Article
The treatment of breast cancer in one day surgery. A four year experience
Andrea Tirone 1Manuela Cesaretti 2Giuseppe Vuolo 3Ilaria Gaggelli 3Alfredo Guarnieri 3Alessandro Piccolomini 3Luigi Verre 3Vinno Savelli 3Fabrizio Varrone 3Pasquale D’Onofrio 3Caterina Bella 3Antonio Carli 1
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Article Info
1 U.O.C. Chirurgia 2 AOU Senese ( Chair::Prof. A.F. Carli), Siena, Italy
2 General Surgery, “ San Martino“ Hospital, Genova,Italy
3 UOC Anestesia e Rianimazione AOU Senese,Italy
Ann. Ital. Chir., 2013, 84(2), 149-152;
Published: 1 Mar 2013
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Abstract
The number of short-stay surgery procedures has progressively increased since the concept of short-stay surgery was first introduced. Initially this type of surgery was reserved for patients undergoing inguinal hernia repair, proctological surgery,and various minor procedures. Careful patient selection makes it possible to apply one-day surgery to other surgical specialties including breast cancer surgery. Reducing the length of hospital stay lowers health care costs, and shortens waiting lists. The most important benefits for patients are a more rapid return to work and positive psychological effects. Exclusion criteria for one-day surgery are the lack of home care, excessive distance from place of treatment and the presence of any concomitant pathology that is a contraindication to this type of surgery. We report our experience in oncological surgery of the breast in one-day surgery
Keywords
- Breast cancer surgery
- One-day surgery