Varicose Veins in Ambulatory Surgery: Patients’ Perception

General anaesthesia and day‐case patient anxiety

“…While such tasks are clearly important, they may be diverting nursing time and attention away from the provision of planned psychological care (Burden et al. 2000, Malster & Parry 2000, Scavée et al. 2007).…”

Feasibility Study of Day Case Thyroidectomy

“…Successful day case thyroidectomy would not be possible if the patients were not satisfied with the experience. Several studies have shown that day surgery is acceptable and is associated with good patient satisfaction 19–21 . Introduction of questionnaires to patients before discharge assessing pain scores, satisfaction scores, willingness to repeat the procedure and whether they would recommend the procedure as a day case will allow surgeons to document these patient experiences and make improvements based on these findings.…”