Breast cancer ambulatory surgery. Experience at General Hospital in Ciudad Real

Abstract

Objective To describe the series of patients diagnosed with breast cancer that went to the operation room in the Ambulatory Surgery Program in the University General Hospital of Ciudad Real. Patients and methods Retrospective descriptive study of patients diagnosed of breast cancer in University General Hospital of Ciudad Real and had been operated between 01-01-2010 to 01-02-2011. Results 130 patients were analyzed. 20% were considered long stay more than 72 hours, 32,3% were short stay and 47,7% were ambulatory surgery. Conservative surgery were performed in 69,4% of all the cases included. Conclusion Breast cancer surgery is feasible in ambulatory surgery programs with patients selection criteria. Conservative techniques were the most common surgery in our program.