000168534 001__ 168534 000168534 005__ 20260210085434.0 000168534 0248_ $$2sideral$$a57420 000168534 037__ $$aART-2006-57420 000168534 041__ $$aeng 000168534 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-7945-9487$$aJimenez,A.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000168534 245__ $$aCancellations in ambulatory day surgery: Ten years observational study 000168534 260__ $$c2006 000168534 5203_ $$aBackground: Reasons for cancellation of booked procedures in ambulatory surgery need a detailed analysis in order to introduce corrective measures to lessen them. Methods: Cancellations occurring the day before operation without patient replacement and procedures cancelled on the day of operation in 10 500 patients scheduled to be operated on in a multidisciplinary ambulatory surgery unit were analysed. Data were obtained from the incident register sheets and the database of the unit. Results: A total of 424 patients were cancelled (4%). Reasons for cancellation were: acute medical conditions in 23.3% of cases, personal decision of the patient to refuse programming in 22.2%, non-attendance in 2.1%, failure to follow pre-operative guidance in 23.3% and unavailability of resources in 29%. These causes were preventable or possibly preventable in 57.1% of cases, difficult to prevent in 29% and not preventable in 13.9%. Conclusion: More than half the cases of cancellation could be prevented. A rapid response of surgical departments to substitute patients, campaigns to increase the awareness of the population about the cost of health services and the implementation of pre-operative assessment guidelines must be considered. 000168534 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess$$aAll rights reserved$$uhttp://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/ 000168534 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000168534 700__ $$aArtigas,C. 000168534 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-2671-061X$$aElia,M.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000168534 700__ $$aCasamayor,C. 000168534 700__ $$aGracia,J. A. 000168534 700__ $$aMartinez,M. 000168534 7102_ $$11004$$2090$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Cirugía,Ginecol.Obstetr.$$cÁrea Cirugía 000168534 773__ $$g12, 3 (2006), 119-123$$pAmbul. surg.$$tAmbulatory surgery$$x0966-6532 000168534 8564_ $$s496977$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/168534/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000168534 8564_ $$s2360736$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/168534/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000168534 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:168534$$particulos$$pdriver 000168534 951__ $$a2026-02-10-08:48:27 000168534 980__ $$aARTICLE