• A Gonzalez-Castro, A Shetty, K Nagendar, and C G Greenough.
• Middlesbrough General Hospital, Cleveland, UK.
• Eur Spine J. 2002 Feb 1; 11 (1): 67-70.

AbstractA prospective randomised trial compared the results of conventional lumbar discectomy performed as day cases with those performed on an in-patient basis. The aim of the study was to investigate whether conventional discectomy can be performed safely on a day-case basis. Thirty-one patients were included in the study; 18 were randomised to day-case treatment and 13 to in-patient stay. Day patients mobilised more quickly immediately following surgery and were better able to walk at 2 weeks. The rate of complications was unchanged. It is concluded that conventional discectomy can be undertaken safely as day-case surgery and may indeed speed up the recovery process.

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