day surgery
No overnight stay
Day surgery is a medical procedure performed on a patient who arrives and leaves the same day, without an overnight hospital stay.
Also called outpatient surgery or same-day surgery.
The term emphasizes efficiency and reduced recovery time: She had her knee scoped as day surgery and was home by dinner.
- ambulatory careHealthcare without admission
- outpatientTreated without admission
- anesthesiologistDoctor administering surgical sedation
- local anestheticDrug blocking regional sensation
- recovery timePeriod needed to heal
short stay · walk-in clinic · cost-effectiveness · hernia repair · pain management · informed consent · arthroscopy · tonsillectomy · clinic · dietary restrictions · surgical team · vasectomy · endoscopy · emotional support · wound care · appointment · medical clearance · IV
- surgeriesappendectomy, hysterectomy, mastectomy, cholecystectomy, tonsillectomy
- cataract surgerylens implant, lens replacement, divide and conquer, implantation
- healthcaredoctors, nurses, hospitals, hospital, clinic
- clinicsclinic, clinics, eye clinic, skin clinic, walk-in clinic
- Medical Visitsdoctor visit, checkup, physical, annual exam, follow-up visit
- outpatient carecheckup, check-up, checkups, physical exam, well visits
day surgeryinpatient surgery
Procedure requiring overnight hospitalization
inpatient care · hospital admission · hospitalization · overnight stay · residential treatment
day surgeryradical surgery
Aggressive, extensive medical procedure