The Journal of Urology published a study which found surgeons can safely perform outpatient laparoscopic nephrectomies in select patients, according to Renal & Urology News.
University of Denmark in Odense, researchers studied 50 patients with renal cancer, and analyzed outpatient laparoscopic nephrectomies' feasibility and safety. Researchers also conducted a postoperative follow-up at 30 days.
Here are four findings:
1. Facilities discharged 92 percent of patients home within the first six hours following surgery.
2. Of those patients not discharged to home in this time frame, two patients had the wrong medication, one patient suffered from fatigue and another patient had an intestinal injury.
3. Researchers noted zero readmissions among the 46 patients discharged early.
4. The study found antibiotic treatment yielded positive results, as facilities did not have to rehospitalize two patients with wound infections.
"Laparoscopic nephrectomy may be performed as outpatient surgery in carefully selected patients who meet inclusion criteria, representing greater than 40 percent of candidates for the surgery," the authors wrote. "Our study demonstrates that outpatient nephrectomy may be done safely and does not require hospital readmission."
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