Causes of delayed discharge following breast cancer conservative surgery in a district general hospital

Aim: NHS improvement advocated deliverance of major breast surgery, excluding reconstruction, safely as a day case or one night stay. Patients that had breast conservative surgeries in our unit are discharged within 23hours of admission. The aim of this study is to analyse our unit performance and identify factors that contribute to delay discharges.
Source: International Journal of Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Source Type: research