Paediatric Ambulatory Surgery

Abstract

The International Association for Ambulatory Surgery (IAAS) defined Ambulatory surgery in 1995 as a ‟surgical or diagnostic interventions, currently performed with traditional hospitalisation, that could, in most cases, be accomplished with complete confidence without a night of hospitalisation. Among other things, these procedures require the same technically sophisticated facilities as when done as an inpatient basis, rigorous pre-operative selection procedure and post operative follow up of for several hoursË®