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M G Berry

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PubMed1998

An audit of patient acceptance of one-stop diagnosis for symptomatic breast disease.

AIMS: The impetus for optimizing outpatient provision of breast-care services has come both from the patient and management in order to reduce anxiety and make full use of scarce resources. The one-stop diagnostic clinic for the investigation of symptomatic breast lesions is a relatively recent concept with well-known service benefits. However, acceptance to the patient has not been previously investigated. RESULTS: The results of this prospective audit demonstrate a high level of patient satisfaction with the multi-disciplinary, one-stop breast clinic.

Ambulatory Care↗
PubMed1998

An audit of outcome including patient satisfaction with immediate breast reconstruction performed by breast surgeons.

Reconstruction of the female breast is becoming ever more frequently requested by patients after mastectomy for cancer. One of the least complex techniques is that of local tissue expansion with a permanent prosthesis. We present our experience and the clinical outcomes of the first 100 patients to have undergone surgery in the 4 years since the introduction of this method of breast reconstruction in our unit. A retrospective study was performed with a detailed questionnaire being sent to each patient for subjective assessment of satisfaction. Data were also collected on the rates of clinical infection of the prosthesis and the need for further surgery, including capsulotomy, nipple reconstruction and contralateral procedures. With 84% expressing their satisfaction at the final result, immediate breast reconstruction is both feasible and highly acceptable to the majority of patients.

Adult↗
PubMed1991

Beds or day case unit: your choice?

The aim of this study was to assess the amount of day case surgery and potential day case surgery being performed in the main theatre block of a District General Hospital, which had a thriving Day Case Unit. Our results revealed that as well as large numbers of potential day cases being performed as inpatients, many patients (both potential day cases and long-stay elective surgery patients) are spending a day(s) in hospital prior to the day of surgery. We believe that by performing all day case surgery in our Day Case Unit and by using the Day Case Unit to perform pre-admission screening on all surgical patients, a large number of bed days will become available. These beds may be used for elective or emergency admissions. Alternatively, cutting surgical beds will free monies which can be spent on the Day Case Unit.

Ambulatory Surgical Procedures↗