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This study reports retrospectively the post-anaesthetic complications in surgical out-patients. We have studied the incidence and severity of these complications during the first five post-operative days in 500 female patients who underwent tubal ligation by laparoscopy.
The report shows that post-anaesthetic complications in surgical out-patients are frequent but of mild severity. Although they produced some discomfort for the patients most of them were of the opinion that the advantages of having the operation as out-patients made up for the discomfort.
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Cette étude rapporte de façon rétrospective les complications post-anes-thésiques lors de chirurgie chez des patients admis sur base externe. Nous avons étudié l’incidence et la sévérité de ces complications durant les cinq premiers jours post-opératoires chez 500 patientes, ayant subi une ligature tubaire par laparos-copie.
L’enquête a montré que les complications post-anesthésiques chez ces patientes sont fréquentes mais d’importance mineure. La plupart des patientes affirmaient que les avantages de la chirurgie effectuée sur base externe compensaient amplement l’inconfort ressenti à domicile.
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Brindle, G.F., Soliman, M.G. Anaesthetic complications in surgical out-patients. Canad. Anaesth. Soc. J. 22, 613–619 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03013414
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