ArticleSAGE open medicine2021
Magnitude and causes of cancelation for elective surgical procedures in Debre Tabor General hospital: A cross-sectional study.
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- Magnitude and associated factors of elective surgical case cancellation in Woldia Comprehensive Specialized Hospital hybrid retrospective and prospective cross-sectional study, Amhara, Ethiopia, 2025.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2026Article
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- Root causes of first-case start time delays for elective surgical procedures: a prospective multicenter observational cohort study in Ethiopia.Patient safety in surgery · 2024Article
- Case cancellations and associated factors on the day of surgery in hospitals of Wolaita Zone, South Ethiopia.BMC surgery · 2024Article
- Incidence and root causes of surgery cancellations at an academic medical center in Iran: a retrospective cohort study on 29,978 elective surgical cases.Patient safety in surgery · 2023Article
- 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
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Abstract
objectivesElective surgical case cancelation is a common problem and can cause prolonged wait times, harm to patients, and is a waste of scarce resources. Reasons for cancelations are complex and change place to place because they are related to patients, organizational issues, and clinical staff. So, this study is aimed to assess the magnitude and causes of the case cancelation among elective surgical cases in a general hospital.
methodsA cross-sectional prospective study design was conducted on 221 patients scheduled for elective surgery from March 1 to May 30 2019 G.C. All consecutive elective surgical cases scheduled during the study period were included in the study. Data were collected using prepared and pretested questionnaire and entered in the SPSS version 20 for analysis purpose.
resultsDuring the study, 221 patients were scheduled for elective surgical operations, among these 150 (67.9%) patients were operated on the planned date of surgery whereas 71 (32.1%) operations were canceled. The decision for the cancelation was done by the anesthetist due to preoperative coexisting disease findings and inadequate preparation of the patient for the intended operations were 33 (46.5%) followed by administrative-related issues which account 26 (36.6%).
conclusionCancelation of elective surgical procedures on the day of surgery was high in this study due to different reasons. Cancelation can be minimized if all the responsible bodies can communicate early regard to the patient.
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