Outpatient surgery
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outpatient-surgery-162-2217533
title:
Outpatient surgery
text:
Outpatient surgery, also known as ambulatory surgery, day surgery, day case surgery, or same-day surgery, is surgery that does not require an overnight hospital stay. The term “outpatient” arises from the fact that surgery patients may enter and leave the facility on the same day. The advantages of outpatient surgery over inpatient surgery include greater convenience and reduced costs. Outpatient surgery may occur in an inpatient facility, in a self-contained unit within a hospital, in a freesta
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Surgery that does not require an overnight hospital stay
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outpatient_surgery
date created:
2005-09-27T03:21:58Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T14:39:04Z
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