same-day surgery


same-day surgery

Managed care Any operation which, in absence of complications may be provided at a hospital on an outPt basis. See ASC surgical services.

am·bu·la·to·ry sur·gery

(am'byū-lă-tōr-ē sŭr'jĕr-ē) Operative procedures performed on patients who are admitted to and discharged from a hospital on the same day.
See also: ambulatory care
Synonym(s): outpatient surgery, same-day surgery.