Short-stay thyroidectomy : trends in postoperative hospital stay

Abstract

Short-stay surgery in an established form of patient management in developed  countries. There is little published on the subject from the developing world. This paper describes the personal experience of short-stay thyroidectomy over a period of ten years. It is a retrospective study based on the work carried out in the Department Surgery, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka.

Key words: brain death, diagnostic criteria, heartbeat