Benefits of day case foot and ankle surgery includes reduced hospital stay, associated cost savings for the hospital, high patient satisfaction and quicker recovery with no increase in complication rates. In 2007, we set up the preoperative foot and ankle group. Patients were seen three weeks before surgery by a specialist nurse, physiotherapist and a preoperative evaluation is done. The therapist explains the patient's weightbearing status and advices on how to carry this out. Our aim was to reduce inpatient hospital stay and increase our day case procedures. We evaluated length of stay and physiotherapy intervention for all our patients during the first three months of 2007 to 2011. Mean length of stay was calculated and Mann-Whitney U test was performed using median.Background
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