Reasons for Cancellation of Elective Surgical Operations: A Cross-sectional Study from a Tertiary Care Centre in North-East India
Introduction: Cancellation of elective surgical operations is defined as an elective operation which is not performed on the scheduled date. The rates and the reasons for cancellation vary in different parts of the world. Cancellation causes increased cost of treatment, loss of daily wage and me...
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JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited
2021
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| Sumario: | Introduction: Cancellation of elective surgical operations is
defined as an elective operation which is not performed on the
scheduled date. The rates and the reasons for cancellation vary
in different parts of the world. Cancellation causes increased
cost of treatment, loss of daily wage and mental trauma. It
also causes under utilisation of hospital resources and loss of
training opportunities to surgical trainees.
Aim: To estimate the rate of cancellation of elective surgical
operations in a tertiary care centre in North-East India and
determine the reasons for cancellation.
Materials and Methods: A prospective cross-sectional study
was conducted at a 500 bedded, North-Eastern Indira Gandhi
Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong,
Meghalaya, India, from January 2018 to September 2018.
All consecutive elective surgical cases scheduled during this
period were included in the study. The rate and the reasons
for cancellation were noted. Descriptive statistics was used for
analysis of the results.
Results: Out of 1812 elective surgical operations scheduled during
the study period, 491 operations (27.10%) were cancelled. The
most common reasons for cancellation were shortage of time
(78.62%), medical causes (10.79%) and administrative problems
(4.48%). Cancellation rate was highest in the Department
of Surgical Oncology (40.23%), followed by Departments of
Orthopaedics (34.51%) and Obstetrics and Gynaecology (OG)
(31.02%).
Conclusion: The rate of cancellation of elective surgical operation
was high (27.10%) and the most common reason was shortage
of time and Surgical Oncology Department had highest rate of
cancellation. |
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