Publication date: Available online 17 August 2018
Source: European Annals of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Diseases
Author(s): M. Kérimian, P.-L. Bastier, N. Réville, S. Fierens, L. de Gabory
Abstract
Objectives
To assess the feasibility of bilateral radical ethmoidectomy in ambulatory surgery by risk analysis, and to calculate possible medico-economic savings.
Methods
This study was performed retrospectively over a 2-year period and prospectively for 1 year. It included all patients undergoing bilateral ethmoidectomy, associated to sphenoidotomy and/or septoplasty or not, in a university hospital department. Data were collected on demographics, disease etiology, previous surgery, operative details, postoperative course, complications and satisfaction assessed by questionnaire at days 1 and 30. Ambulatory surgery eligibility criteria were applied to this population, and an economic analysis compared savings between inpatient and outpatient management.
Results
Hundred and sixty-five patients were included. Surgical indications comprised nasal polyposis (87%), chronic sinusitis without nasal polyps (6%) or cystic fibrosis (7%). Seventy-five septoplasties were associated (45.5%). Operating time depended on associated septoplasty (P = 0.005), surgeon experience (P < 0.0001) and previous sinus surgery (P = 0.041). Only 37% of the patients wished for same-day discharge; reasons for refusal were home-to-hospital distance and bleeding risk. Considering anesthesia contraindications, immediate complications and operating time, 107 patients were eligible for outpatient treatment, although only 13 patients underwent ambulatory surgery. Medical-economic savings with outpatient management would have been about €20,000 per year.
Conclusions
Bilateral radical ethmoidectomy, associated to septoplasty or not, could be performed on an outpatient basis in more than 60% of cases, without increased risk, and with cost savings of 28.4%.
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