ArticleMateria socio-medica2019
Elective Case Cancellation on the Day of Surgery at a General Hospital in Sarajevo: Causes and Possible Solutions.
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- Unsupervised and explainable machine learning solutions for last-minute cancelations in pediatric ambulatory and day surgeries in Italy.Frontiers in artificial intelligence · 2026Article
- Prevalence, causes, and staff perception of same-day elective surgery cancellation at a university hospital: a mixed study.The Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association · 2025Article
- A Hierarchical Management Model Based on the Multidisciplinary Team Concept for Pre-Hospitalized Patients Undergoing Ophthalmic Day Surgery.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Article
- Cancellation of elective surgery and associated factors among patients scheduled for elective surgeries in public hospitals in Harari regional state, Eastern Ethiopia.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Article
- Non-medical risk factors associated with postponing elective surgery: a prospective observational study.BMC medical ethics · 2021Observational
- [Delayed incision time of the first case : Analysis of incidences and causes and the effect of list planning instability].Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen · 2021Article
- Magnitude and causes of cancelation for elective surgical procedures in Debre Tabor General hospital: A cross-sectional study.SAGE open medicine · 2021Article
- Root causes of elective surgical case cancellation in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Patient safety in surgery · 2020Article
- Is menstruation a valid reason to postpone cardiac surgery?Annals of cardiac anaesthesiaArticle
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Abstract
introductionCancelling elective procedures on the day of surgery presents a constant problem in all higher-level medical facilities, and the research of causes, consequences and possible solutions is the duty of every facility in order to enhance the quality of healthcare services.
aimThe aim of the research was to determine the percentage and reasons for cancelling elective procedures and provide adequate measure to reduce this number in the future and to identify ways to improve the patients' satisfaction level. MATERIAL AND
methodsThis prospective study included all patients that were scheduled for surgery from March 2016 to November 2018 in the operating rooms at our Department of Surgery, including both performed and cancelled cases. Cases by different surgical departments (general surgery, gynecology, orthopedics, urology, plastic surgery, ophthalmology and otorhinolaryngology) were all included.
resultsOut of 8201 planned elective procedures from March 2016 to November 2018 at the General Hospital "Abdulah Nakas", 7825 cases were performed and 376 cases (4.58%) were cancelled on the day of surgery. The most common reasons for cancelling a surgical procedure on the day of surgery were: lack of time to perform surgery (33.51%), surgery cancelled due to medical/anesthetic reasons (31.38%), surgical procedure cancelled by the surgeon on the day of surgery (11.97%).
conclusionThis study has shown that the percentage of elective cases cancelled on the day of surgery at our institution stands at an acceptable 4.58%. The most common reasons for case cancellation on the day of surgery were identified. The majority of reasons for cancellation were avoidable, which means that appropriate steps could contribute to lowering the percentage of cancelled elective cases and an improved quality of healthcare services.
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