Extended day surgery or 23 h surgery (23-hour surgery) is a surgical model where patients arrive to the hospital from home at the day of surgery, are operated and recover in a 23 h surgery unit. 23H surgery units are usually situated near postoperative recovery unit. THe 23 H surgical model was implemented in Kuopio University Hospital 2015 and between May 2017-May 2018 patients were recruited in the present prospective follow up cohort study. Patients were informed and they gave their informed consent. The patients were contacted two weeks after the study and details of their recovery were asked.
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Amount of patients discharged from the hospital until 10 am at the first postoperative day
Timeframe: Postoperative day 1
Pain intensity postoperatively
Timeframe: Postoperative day 1
Analgesic consumption postoperatively
Timeframe: Postoperative day 1