Letter to the Editor Comment on: Safety and Feasibility of Paediatric Day Case Laparoscopic Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery: Significance of Nurse-led Discharge
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StayCurrentMD ·
Mar 27, 2026
Sabol et al [1]. evaluated nurse-led discharge pathways for pediatric day-case laparoscopic upper GI surgery cholecystectomy, fundoplication, and Heller myotomy in a single-centre cohort. No 30-day readmissions, nearly half discharged early. For procedures that had defaulted to overnight admission, these outcomes support the need to re-evaluate the default duration.