[Outpatient surgery for anorectal diseases: the experience of the Clinics Hospital of the Medical School, Botucatu, SP, Brazil, in 437 cases]

Abstract

Background: The number of outpatient surgical procedures performed in hospitals, as well as in private clinics, increases daily. In some countries, such as France, outpatient operations outnumber inpatient operations.

Objective: To evaluate results obtained at the Surgical Outpatient Clinic of the Clinics Hospital of the Medical School, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.

Patients and methods: A retrospective study of 437 clinical cases of anorectal anomalies, analyzing the variables age bracket, gender, pathology, and postoperative complications.

Results: We observed predominance of patients younger than 45 (62.8%) and of females (56%). The most common ailment was hemorrhoids (45.1%) and the most frequent postoperative complications were pain (9.8%) and bleeding (7.3%).

Conclusions: Our results demonstrate that it is possible to perform various simple procedures related to the treatment of anorectal abnormalities at the outpatient level and therefore at a lower cost. The number of postoperative complications was no higher than that resulting from inpatient surgery.