Oral surgical procedures under local anaesthesia in day surgery

BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to analyze gender-stratified data of patients who underwent day surgery in a hospital based on the type of treatment, type of local anaesthesia, and local anaesthesia complications. By learning all these parameters, it is our main goal to find answers to questions such as what we can do in hospital conditions, what we can win, and what operations we can treat. METHODS: A retrospective review was performed to assess hospital records of 10,750 dental patients who received oral surgery under local anaesthesia at the Istanbul University Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery from August 2013 through June 2016. RESULTS: Patients mostly received surgery for wisdom teeth, dental implants, or odontogenic cysts or tumours. Men aged 31–40 years (23.66%) and women aged 21–30 years (30.73%) were the largest groups undergoing operations. Surgery for an impacted tooth was the most common ambulatory procedure, accounting for 54.2% of operations. The second most common ambulatory procedure was dental implant surgery (10.2%), followed by root (7.4%), odontogenic cyst (7.2%), and impacted canine surgeries (6.4%). The most common age group receiving surgery was 21–30 years old (3304 patients, 60.75%). Twice as many women as men underwent surgery. CONCLUSIONS: Day case surgery is an expanding area of health care and a valuable method of treating patients in many aspects of oral surgical practice. Different medical and dental specialties can benefit from this ambulatory approach to treatment, which also reduces treatment costs.