Although algorithms for the repair of soft and hard @entity2419 continue to be debated, the appropriate length of postoperative stay has not yet been defined. Recent reports of @entity2419 repair advocate a 2- to 5-day hospitalization. The plastic surgery service at St. Joseph Hospital frequently uses same-day admission with 23-hour observation postoperatively, with no increase in complications from the reported 2- to 5-day stay. The authors inspected the records for all the @entity2419 @entity1 undergoing cleft repair at St. Joseph Hospital Cleft Clinic from August of 1988 through June of 1998. After excluding syndromic @entity1 and secondary or revision surgical cases, 79 @entity1 remained in the study. These 79 @entity1 underwent 104 procedures; all procedures were performed by a single surgeon (E.D.C.) with resident assistance. Short-term morbidity, length of stay, and operation performed were studied. All @entity1 were admitted the day of surgery. Mean age at the time of operation was 13.2 months, with a range of 6 months to 20 years. The length of operation averaged 1 hour and 37 minutes; 94 percent of @entity1 stayed 24 hours or less postoperatively, and 97 percent stayed 36 hours or less. The longest stay was 72 hours, which was related to delay in resuming adequate oral intake. The overall complication rate was 3.8 percent for this cohort, which included two partial palatal dehiscences and two small fistulas. No blood transfusions were needed, and no infections were noted postoperatively. No @entity1 required readmission postoperatively for @entity548 , respiratory compromise, or inadequate oral intake. The authors do not advocate a 1-night stay for all @entity2419 cases. However, they do think it is safe for a healthy group of @entity1 undergoing routine @entity2419 surgery. The decision to discharge a @entity1 early must always be left to the treating physician.

Short stay after XXXX surgery.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity2419 :: ('MESH:D002972', 'Disease') :: ['cleft palate', 'palatal clefts'] @entity548 :: ('MESH:D006470', 'Disease') :: ['bleeding']
@entity2419 :: (MESH:D002972,Disease) :: ['cleft palate']
