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## Background: Same-day discharge (sdd) after laparoscopic gastrostomy tube (g-tube) placement, using written and video-based preoperative education, has been our standard institutional practice since 2017. we aim to evaluate caretaker satisfaction with this protocol. ## Methods: All patients planned for sdd after g-tube placement from february 2021-february 2022 were identified. chart review was performed to identify demographic information, successful same-day discharge or reason for postoperative admission, time to first postoperative feed, length of stay (los), and complications requiring emergency department evaluation, readmission, or reoperation. telephone follow-up at two weeks postoperatively was conducted to evaluate satisfaction with the sdd protocol. ## Results: Forty-nine patients were eligible for sdd with a median age of 1.1 years [0.7, 4.4]. forty-two (86%) patients were successfully discharged the same day with a median los of 7.5 h [6.7, 8.1], and 7 (14%) were admitted postoperatively for further education or emesis with a median los of 30.4 h [26.9, 31.2]. median time to initiation of feeds was 2.3 h [1.7, 2.9]. 8 (16%) patients were evaluated in the emergency de

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Author

James A. Fraser; Shai Stewart; Amy L. Pierce; Beth A. Orrick; Shawn D. St. Peter; Tolulope A. Oyetunji

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Published

2023

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)