Ambulatory surgery encompasses scheduled surgical interventions that allow the patient to be treated safely and effectively without hospitalisation, with discharge occurring on the day of the intervention.
In addition to the operation itself, outpatient surgery is a healthcare and working method that aims to provide improved comfort and wellbeing to the patient, along with advantages like a reduced rate of postoperative complications (pain, wound infections, thrombosis, etc.), less alterations to the environment and family life, and earlier reintegration into everyday existence. At the Serrate & Ribal Institute of Urology, we provide this assistance method by applying high standards of quality and safety to procedures like: