Surgery & Anesthesia

Outpatient surgery is also called same day surgery, ambulatory surgery or day surgery. It does not require an overnight hospital stay. Some patients may be admitted to the hospital after certain types of outpatient surgery such as bariatric surgery, joint replacement, or other elective surgery. The motive of the outpatient surgery is to keep hospice costs down, as well as saving the patient time that would otherwise be wasted in the hospital