Improved efficiency of sialendoscopy procedures at an ambulatory surgery center.

Publication/Presentation Date

1-1-2021

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To compare time spent on day of surgery and post-surgical outcomes for sialendoscopy procedures at an ambulatory surgery center versus in a hospital operating room.

METHODS: Retrospective chart review for patients who underwent sialendoscopy for sialadenitis or sialolithiasis from March 2017 to May 2020 were included. Surgery location (ambulatory surgery center or hospital operating room) was compared. Primary outcomes included total time in hospital, operative time, total time in operating room. and recovery time. Secondary outcomes included rate of symptoms resolutions, requiring further medical management, and requiring further surgical intervention.

RESULTS: A total of 321 procedures were included. Sialendoscopy in an ambulatory surgery center compared to main operating room decreased median hospital time (166 min reduction, p <  0.001), operative time (18 min reduction, p <  0.001), total time in operating room (34 min reduction, p <  0.001), and recovery time (64 min reduction, p <  0.001). Sialendoscopy in an ambulatory surgery center had similar rates of post-operative resolution of symptoms and further medical or surgical intervention compared to procedures in a hospital operating room.

CONCLUSION: Sialendoscopy can be safely performed in an ambulatory surgery center for sialadenitis or appropriate sialolithiasis cases while decreasing hospital time, operative time, total time in operating room time, and recovery time.

Volume

42

Issue

3

First Page

102927

Last Page

102927

ISSN

1532-818X

Disciplines

Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Health and Medical Administration | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods

PubMedID

33516124

Department(s)

Administration and Leadership

Document Type

Article

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