A UK experience of daycase cochlear implant surgery
- PMID: 24156503
- DOI: 10.1179/1754762813Y.0000000056
A UK experience of daycase cochlear implant surgery
Abstract
Objectives: This study aims to assess the safety of daycase cochlear implant surgery.
Methods: A retrospective review was conducted on all patients who underwent cochlear implant surgery at a teaching hospital in Oxford, UK between September 2008 and February 2012.
Results: One hundred and sixteen patients underwent cochlear implant surgery. This included 73 adults and 43 children. Twenty-six patients underwent the procedure as a daycase procedure. There were no readmissions.
Discussion: The demand 'to do more with less' has led to increasing drives for efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Therefore, the role of daycase surgery is becoming increasingly widespread. Daycase surgery has been shown to be advantageous for both patients and hospitals.
Conclusion: Daycase cochlear implant surgery is feasible and can be safely conducted in a select group of patients.
Keywords: Cochlear implant; Daycase.
Comment in
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Letter to the editor in response to Mawby et al. A UK experience of daycase cochlear implant surgery.Cochlear Implants Int. 2016;17(2):120-1. doi: 10.1080/14670100.2015.1114221. Epub 2016 Feb 5. Cochlear Implants Int. 2016. PMID: 26843387 No abstract available.
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