General Principles -- Organisational and Anaesthetic Aspects of Short Stay Surgery -- Basic Surgical Techniques -- Skin and Subcutaneous Tissues -- Plastic Surgery -- Hand Surgery -- Breast, Head and Neck -- Breast Surgery -- Head and Neck Surgery -- Abdomen -- Diagnostic Laparoscopy -- Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy -- Mini-Cholecystectomy -- Open Appendicectomy -- Laparoscopic Appendicectomy -- Hernia Repairs: Inguinal, Femoral, and Umbilical -- Haemorrhoids -- Anal Fissure -- Surgical Procedures for Perianal Sepsis: Ischiorectal Abscesses, Fistulas, and Pilonidal Sinus -- Urology -- Vasectomy -- Hydrocele -- Epididymal Cyst/Epididymectomyn -- Varicocelectomy -- Circumcision and Frenuloplasty -- Vascular Surgery -- Operations for Varicose Veins -- Vascular Access -- Endoscopy -- Surgical Endoscopy.

An ever-increasing number of surgical procedures are now being performed in ambulatory settings. Hospital beds are at a premium and resources are becoming scarcer. This atlas guides readers through all the practicalities: it looks at the potential of short-stay surgery, how to set it up and how it may be relevant to all surgical specialities. Specialists well known in their sphere discuss and illustrate operations that can be performed without a stay in hospital. The topics covered will become more and more relevant as time goes by, and those who read this book will be able to stay well ahead of the game. It is designed to help surgeons plan for the future and discover the vast potential for this form of surgery.