Day of surgery: the impact on patient length of stay in a tertiary vascular unit.

CONCLUSION: Day of surgery appears to impact on patients' length of stay following vascular procedures, with the greatest impact on medium-sized procedures. This difference could be explained by the difference in weekend support services, but further evaluation is required following introduction of weekend support services to assess this. PMID: 31155908 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England - June 2, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: Holford NC, Ní Ghuidhir C, Hands L Tags: Ann R Coll Surg Engl Source Type: research