Abstract
The very first operations under general anaesthesia were performed on patients who could be described as day cases. James H. Nicoll, a surgeon working at the Glasgow Royal Hospital for Sick Children, reported to the British Medical Association 8988 operations he performed on children over a 10-year period. Between 1899 and 1901, 460 of these operations were for harelip and cleft palate. All of these patients were day cases. Ralph Waters, an American general practitioner- turned-anaesthetist, founded his Downtown Anesthesia Clinic in Iowa in 1912. This clinic was dedicated to dental and minor surgery under general anaesthesia, with patients returning home the same day. He went on to establish the first academic department of anaesthesia in the USA.
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Berthoud, M. (2008). Organisational and Anaesthetic Aspects of Short Stay Surgery. In: Thomas, W.E.G., Senninger, N.J.G.M. (eds) Short Stay Surgery. Springer Surgery Atlas Series. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69028-3_1
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