Abstract
The present status of short stay surgery for nasal and paranasal sinus diseases in our hospital is reported. Candidates for short-stay surgery received necessary instructions at the Same-Day Surgery Center of the hospital before admission, and were admitted to the special ward on the day of surgery. During the period from May 2005 to May, 2007, 169 cases of nasal and paranasal diseases were operated according to our regimen for short stay surgery. The surgery was performed under general anesthesia, and the operating time was shortened by the introduction of recently developed instruments such as harmonic scalpel and Coblator II. Short-stay surgery is considered to be effective to meet the differing needs of patients, and is expected to become more popular in Japan.nose and paranasal sinus disease
