Skip to main content
Fig. 2 | Perioperative Medicine

Fig. 2

From: Pain and haemorrhage are the most common reasons for emergency department use and hospital admission in adults following ambulatory surgery: results of a population-based cohort study

Fig. 2

Incidence of emergency department visits and hospital admissions post-operatively by type of surgery: 2014–2018. Emergency department visits and hospital admissions by type of surgery are displayed in proportions. All ED visits and hospital admissions from day of surgery (post-operative day 0) to post-operative day 3 are included. Patients undergoing tonsillectomy had the highest incidence of ED use (8.1%), followed by cholecystectomy (4.2%), hernia repair (4.0%) or appendectomy (4.0%). The highest incidence of admission to hospital was for patients who underwent appendectomy (21%)

Back to article page

Perioperative Medicine

ISSN: 2047-0525