DAY-SURGERY - THE REGINA-ELENA-NATIONAL-CANCER-INSTITUTE EXPERIENCE

The Authors thorough analyse the subject of day-surgery underscoring t he advantages this procedure represents in the light of the experience gained at ''R.Elena'' National Cancer Institute. The aims of ambulato rial surgery are, in broad terms, the safety of procedures, patients' compliance as well as organisational and economic savings for the heal th structure. In the future, one-day surgery might represent an import ant contribution to surgical therapeutical strategies allowing, if wel l organized, an excellent compromise between safety, convenience and r educed costs.