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P.E.M. Jarrett

Parent satisfaction with paediatric day-surgery: a questionnaire-based study.
Stefan Bittmann, Hikmet Ulus.

The efficacy of pre-emptive tramadol in orthopaedic day-surgery.
S. Jackson, B.P. Sweeney.

Preemptive analgesia with controlled-release oxycodone is successful in prevention of post-inguinal herniorrhaphy pain.
Igor Dashkovsky, Semion Asaulenco, Juan C. Cozacov, Gregory Fleishman.

Office-based anaesthesia for vitreoretinal surgery.
J. Benatar-Haserfaty, J.Q. Tercero-López, A. Coronado-Toural, A. Muriel-Garcı́a.

A comparison of spinal anaesthesia and propofol-sevoflurane-anaesthesia for ambulatory knee arthroscopy.
Misa Kokkonen, Matti Turunen, Heikki Hendolin

Prospective comparison of ambulatory with inpatient laparoscopic cholecystectomy: outcome, patient preference and satisfaction.
A. Sharma, J.D. Hayden, R.A. Reese, P.C. Sedman, C.M.S. Royston, C.J. O’Boyle.

Influence of preoperative oral ibuprofen on postoperative pain and normal activities in children after ambulatory genito-urinary surgery.
Guy A. Bogaert, Caroline Van Severen, Pierre Luysmans, Georges Evers.

Nurses versus clinicians—who’s best at pre-operative assessment?
P.J. Thomson, I.R. Fletcher, C. Downey.

Umbilical pilonidal sinus: Ambulatory surgical technique.
Mahmoud Haj, Isaac Cohen.

Direct access day-case hernia surgery: a logical option for reduction in waiting time.
A. Shetty, N. Manimaran, H. Reece-smith.

Use of video in flexible cystoscopy: a prospective randomised study of effect on patient experience.
S.D. Clements, H. Sells, M.P.J. Wright.

Heparin-induced CVA.
R. Dattani, H.Reece Smith.

“Best practice” in day surgery units: a review of the evidence.
Alan Pearson, Marilyn Richardson, Michelle Cairns.