Surgery usually performed in a hospital department that does not require an overnight stay. This is sometimes called ambulatory surgery.
Surgical procedures performed that do not require an overnight stay in the hospital or ambulatory surgery facility. Such surgery can be performed in the hospital, a surgery center, or physician office.
Same day surgery without anticipation of the overnight stay of patients. Often performed at an ambulatory care facility.
A surgical procedure in which the patient is not required to stay overnight in a hospital.
surgery which allows the patient to go home the same day.
Outpatient Surgery, also referred to as ambulatory 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 go home do not need an overnight hospital bed (they are out the door). The purpose of outpatient surgery is keep hospital costs down.
