Objective To analyze the causes for day surgery cancellations before admission or on the same day of operation, and put forward targeted measures to improve the medical resource utilization and patient satisfaction. Methods The basic information and clinical data of patients who had been scheduled for surgery in the Day Surgery Center of West China Hospital, Sichuan University between January 2018 and September 2021 were collected. The reasons for the surgery cancellations before admission or on the same day of operation were analyzed. Results From January 2018 to September 2021, a total of 45176 patients were successfully scheduled for day surgery, and 44300 patients completed surgery as planned. A total of 876 operations (1.94%) were cancelled after being scheduled, including 546 (1.21%) before admission and 330 (0.73%) on the surgery day. Ranked from high to low according to the cancellation rates, the top five departments were Department of Dermatology, Department of Vascular Surgery, Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, and Department of Gastroenterology, with a cancellation rate of 3.38% (8/237), 2.90% (25/863), 2.85% (101/3548), 2.48% (171/6893), and 1.91% (260/13578), respectively. In the reasons for cancellations, patient factors accounted for 57.31% (502/876) and medical management factors accounted for 42.69% (374/876). Conclusions The cancellations of day surgery mainly occur before admission, and are mainly caused by patient factors. It is necessary to strengthen the preoperative education for day surgery patients, and enhance the communication and cooperation between surgery physicians, nurses and technicians, in order to reduce the operation cancellation rate and make reasonable and efficient use of medical resources.
To investigate the causes and the cl inical treatment methods of postoperative wound compl ications following total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Methods From June 2005 to August 2008, 486 cases (576 knees, including 314 left knees and 262 right knees) underwent primary TKA using standard midl ine incision and medial parapatellar arthrotomy. There were 146 males (172 knees) and 340 females (404 knees) aged 51-86 years old (average 61.3 years old). The duration of disease was 3-35 years. Primary diseases included: 138 cases (156 knees) of rheumatoid arthritis, 282 cases (348 knees) of osteoarthritis, 46 cases (49 knees) of traumatic arthritis, 20 cases (23 knees) of pigmented villonodular synovitis. The factors of etiology, deformity correction, duration of tourniquet use and wound drainage were analyzed to determine the cause of postoperative wound compl ication. Results Postoperatively, 37 cases (43 knees) had wound compl ications and the rate of incidence was 7.5%, including 13 cases (15 knees) of aseptic exudation, 3 cases (4 knees) of fat l iquefaction, 4 cases (4 knees) of subcutaneous hematoma, 8 cases (9 knees) of flap margin necrosis, 6 cases (7 knees) of superficial infection, 3 cases (4 knees) of red swollen joint with increased skin temperature and deepinfection. All 37 patients recoveried after symptomatic treatment. Among those 37 cases, patients with rheumatoidarthritis had a higher incidence rate of wound compl ication than the patients with other primary diseases (P lt; 0.05). Theincidence rate of patients with deformity correction more than or equal to 20 degree was significantly higher than that ofother patients (P lt; 0.05). The duration of using tourniquet was (86 ± 15) minutes for patients with wound compl ication,and (78 ± 8) minutes for patients without wound compl ication, indicating there was a significant difference (P lt; 0.01).Wound compl ication occurred in 22 knees (5.1%) with autologous blood transfusion absorber, 11 knees (11.5%) withnegative pressure attraction, and 10 knees (19.2%) receiving no drainage. The incidence rate of postoperative woundcompl ication in patients without drainage was obviously higher than that in patients with drainage (P lt; 0.05). ConclusionPatients with rheumatoid arthritis are more l ikely to have wound compl ication after TKA. Postoperative wound drainage and short duration of tourniquet appl ication help decrease the incidence of compl ications. It is necessary to make early definitive diagnosis of postoperative wound compl ication, and provide proactive treatment.
Objective To explore strategies to reduce the same-day cancellation rate of gynecological day surgery. Methods The same-day cancellation status of gynecological surgery in the Department of Day Surgery, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University from January to December 2021 (before improvement) was investigated. The causes of cancellation were analyzed from three aspects: patient-related factors, medical factors, and examination factors. Subsequently, management countermeasures were formulated for the controllable factors and continuous quality improvement was implemented. After improvement, the same-day cancellation rate of gynecological day surgery from September 2022 to January 2023 was collected and compared with that before improvement. Results Continuous quality improvement was implemented targeting three factors in day surgery, namely the short interval between patient’s visit time and pre-scheduled time, the irrational sequence of preoperative examinations for patients, and the non-standardized treatment of patients with abnormal vaginal discharge by physicians. The same-day cancellation rates of gynecological day surgery before and after the continuous quality improvement were 3.70% (156/4211) and 2.13% (30/1411), respectively, and the difference was statistically significant (χ2=8.231, P=0.004). ConclusionOptimizing the preoperative examination and admission process, effective preoperative education and physician-patient communication, establishing unified standards for the approval of vaginal discharge tests and standardized treatment protocols, and clarifying the responsibilities of the preoperative comprehensive assessment outpatient clinic along with the supervision system are effective measures to reduce the same-day cancellation rate of gynecological day surgery.