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Editors and Aims and Scope
Aims and Scope Ambulatory Surgery provides a multidisciplinary international forum for all health care professionals involved in day care surgery. The editors welcome reviews, original articles, case reports, short communications and letters relating to the practice and management of ambulatory surgery. Topics covered include basic and clinical research – surgery, anaesthesia, nursing; administrative issues – facility development, management, policy issues, reimbursement; perioperative care – patient and procedure selection, discharge criteria, home care. The journal also publishes book reviews and a calendar of forthcoming events.
Notes to Authors Full instructions can be found on the World Wide Web: access under http://www.elsevier.com
Submission of Articles Manuscripts prepared in accordance with the instructions to authors should be sent to either of the Editors-in-Chief. The preferred medium of submission is on disk with accompanying manuscript (see ‘Electronic manuscripts’ below). Editors-in-Chief Mr. P.E.M. Jarrett, Langleys, Queens Drive, Oxshott, Surrey KT22 9PB, UK
Beverly K. Philip, Day Surgery Unit, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Associate Editors Peter M.N.Y.H. Go, St. Antonius Hospital, P.O. Box 2500, 3430 EM Nieuwegein, The Netherlands Claude De Lathouwer, Brussels One Day Clinic, Avenue du Duc Jean 71–73, 1083, Brussels, Belgium
Rebecca S. Twersky, SUNY Health Science Center, Ambulatory Surgery Unit, Long Island College Hospital, 399 Hicks Road, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA
J.H. Lee, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 123, Ta Pei Road, Niao Sung Hsiang, Kaohsiung Hsien, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Frances Chung, Deputy Anaesthetist-inChief, The Toronto Hospital, Western Division, Edith Cavell 2-046, 399 Bathurst Street, Toronto, Ontario M5T 2S8, Canada.
Juan Marin, Unidad Cirugia de Dia, Hospital E1 Tomillar, Crta Alcala-Dos Hermans Km 6, 41700 Dos Hermanas, Sevilla, Spain
D. de Jong, VU University Medical Centre, Department of Surgery, P.O. Box 7057, 1007 MB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Manuel Giner, Pso./Manuel Girona, 42. E-08034 Barcelona, Spain John A. Henderson, SMG Marketing Group Inc., 875 N Michigan Avenue, Suite 3100, Chicago, IL 60611, USA P.J. Kelly, Professor of Anesthesiology, Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aries, Argentina. Senior Consultant, Dept. of Anesthesia, British Hospital of Buenos Aries, Perdriel 74, 1280 Buenos Aries, Argentina. K.W. Kim, The Korean Academy of Medical Science, Department of Anesthesiology, Seoul National University, 28 Yun KunDong, Chongro-ku, Seoul 110744, Korea
Marc-Claude Marti, Hoˆpital Cantonal, Hoˆpitaux Universitaires de Gene`ve 14, Geneva, Switzerland I. Mastrobuono, Agenzia per 9 Servizi Sanitari Regionali, Piazza Guglielmo Marconi, 25, 00144 Roma, Italy Ronald A. Miller, The Whittington Hospital, Department of Urology, Highgate Hill, London, NI0 3UA, UK H. Obara, Kobe University, School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Kusunokicho 7-5-1, Chuo-ku Kobe 650, Japan A. Ohmura, Department of Anesthesiology, Teikyo University, Mizonokuchi Hospital, 3-8-3 Mizonokuchi, Takatsuku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 213-8507, Japan Sujit K Pandit, University of Michigan Medical Center, Box 0048, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0048, USA
For the initial submission of manuscripts for consideration, hardcopies are sufficient. For the processing of accepted papers, electronic versions are preferred. After final acceptance, your disk plus three, final and exactly matching printed versions should be submitted together. Double density (DD) or high density (HD) diskettes (312 or 514 inch) are acceptable. It is important that the file saved is in the native format of the wordprocessor program used. Label the disk with the name of the computer and wordprocessing package used, your name, and the name of the file on the disk. Further information may be obtained from the Publisher. Authors in Japan please note: Upon request, Elsevier Science Japan will provide authors with a list of people who can check and improve the English of their paper (before submission). Please contact our Tokyo office: Elsevier Science K.K., 1-9-15 Higashi-Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0044; Tel. (03)-5561-5032; Fax (03)-5561-5045. Enquiries concerning manuscripts and proofs: questions arising after acceptance of the manuscript, especially those relating to proofs, should be directed to: Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd., Elsevier House, Brookvale Plaza, East Park, Shannon, Co. Clare, Ireland, Tel: +353 61 709600, Fax: + 353 61 709114
Editorial Board U. Baccaglini, Instituto di Chirurgia Generale 11, Via Gattamelata 64, 35128 Padova, Italy
Electronic Manuscripts: Electronic manuscripts have the advantage that there is no need for rekeying of text, thereby avoiding the possibility of introducing errors and resulting in reliable and fast delivery of proofs.
G. Parmentier, 4 rue de Chaˆteau, 95300 Pontoise, France J.C. Raeder, Ulleval University Hospital, Department of Anaesthetics, Oslo N0407, Norway C. Ramo´n, Jefe de Servicio de Anestesiologia, Hospital de Manacor, Ctra. Manacor-Alucdia s/n, 07500-Manacor (Mallorca), Spain J. Reydelet, Lange Strasse 4-6, 70806 Kornwestheim, Germany Lindsay Roberts, Australian Day Surgery Council, Suite 1, 2A Mona Road, Darling Point 2027 Sydney, Australia W.G. Stein, Clinica Arauco, Dept. Anaesthetics, Av. Presidente Kennedy 5413-B-Las Condes Satiago, Chile T. Tritrakarn, Mahidol University, Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, 2 Prannok Road, Bangkoknoi, Bangkok 10700, Thailand John Warden, University of Sydney, Royal North Shore Hospital, Department of Anesthesia & Pain Management, St. Leonards NSW 2065, Australia
Ambulatory Surgery has no page charges
Publication information: Ambulatory Surgery (ISSN 0966–6532). For 2003, volumes 10 & 11 are scheduled for publication. Subscription prices are available upon request from the Publisher or from the Regional Sales Office nearest you or from this journal’s website (http://www.elsevier.nl/locate/ambsur). Further information is available on this journal and other Elsevier Science products through Elsevier’s website: (http://www.elsevier.nl). Subscriptions are accepted on a prepaid basis only and are entered on a calendar year basis. Issues are sent by standard mail (surface within Europe, air delivery outside Europe). Priority rates are available upon request. Claims for missing issues should be made within six months of the date of dispatch. Advertising information. Advertising orders and enquiries can be sent to: USA, Canada and South America: Mr Tino de Carlo, The Advertising Department, Elsevier Science Inc., 655 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10010-5107, USA; Tel.: (+1) (212) 633 3815; fax: (+1) (212) 633 3820; e-mail: [email protected]. Japan: The Advertising Department, Elsevier Science K.K., 9-15 Higashi-Azabu 1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0044, Japan; Tel.: (+81) (3) 5561 5033; fax: (+81) (3) 5561 5047. Europe and ROW: Rachel Leveson-Gower, The Advertising Department, Elsevier Science Ltd., The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, UK; Tel.: (+44) (1865) 843565; fax: (+44) (1865) 843976; e-mail: [email protected] Orders, claims, and product enquiries: please contact the Customer Support Department at the Regional Sales Office nearest you: New York: Elsevier Science, PO Box 945, New York, NY 10159-0945, USA; Tel.: (+1) (212) 633 3730 [toll free number for North American customers: 1-888-4ES-INFO (437-4636)]; fax: (+1) (212) 633 3680; e-mail: [email protected] Amsterdam: Elsevier Science, PO Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Tel.: (+31) 20 4853757; fax: (+31) 20 4853432; e-mail: [email protected] Tokyo: Elsevier Science, 9-15 Higashi-Azabu 1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0044, Japan; Tel.: (+81) (3) 5561 5033; fax: (+81) (3) 5561 5047; e-mail: [email protected] Singapore: Elsevier Science, No. 1 Temasek Avenue, c17-01 Millenia Tower, Singapore 039192; Tel.: (+65) 434 3727; fax: (+65) 337 2230; e-mail: [email protected] Rio de Janeiro: Elsevier Science, Rua Sete de Setembro 111/16 Andar, 20050-002 Centro, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil; Tel.: (+55) (21) 509 5340; fax: (+55) (21) 507 1991; e-mail: [email protected] [Note (Latin America): for orders, claims and help desk information, please contact the Regional Sales Office in New York as listed above] The paper used in this publication meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (Permanence of Paper)
Notes to Authors Full instructions can be found on the World Wide Web: access under http://www.elsevier.com
Submission of Articles Manuscripts prepared in accordance with the instructions to authors should be sent to either of the Editors-in-Chief. The preferred medium of submission is on disk with accompanying manuscript (see ‘Electronic manuscripts’ below). Editors-in-Chief Mr. P.E.M. Jarrett, Langleys, Queens Drive, Oxshott, Surrey KT22 9PB, UK
Beverly K. Philip, Day Surgery Unit, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Associate Editors Peter M.N.Y.H. Go, St. Antonius Hospital, P.O. Box 2500, 3430 EM Nieuwegein, The Netherlands Claude De Lathouwer, Brussels One Day Clinic, Avenue du Duc Jean 71–73, 1083, Brussels, Belgium
Rebecca S. Twersky, SUNY Health Science Center, Ambulatory Surgery Unit, Long Island College Hospital, 399 Hicks Road, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA
J.H. Lee, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 123, Ta Pei Road, Niao Sung Hsiang, Kaohsiung Hsien, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Frances Chung, Deputy Anaesthetist-inChief, The Toronto Hospital, Western Division, Edith Cavell 2-046, 399 Bathurst Street, Toronto, Ontario M5T 2S8, Canada.
Juan Marin, Unidad Cirugia de Dia, Hospital E1 Tomillar, Crta Alcala-Dos Hermans Km 6, 41700 Dos Hermanas, Sevilla, Spain
D. de Jong, VU University Medical Centre, Department of Surgery, P.O. Box 7057, 1007 MB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Manuel Giner, Pso./Manuel Girona, 42. E-08034 Barcelona, Spain John A. Henderson, SMG Marketing Group Inc., 875 N Michigan Avenue, Suite 3100, Chicago, IL 60611, USA P.J. Kelly, Professor of Anesthesiology, Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aries, Argentina. Senior Consultant, Dept. of Anesthesia, British Hospital of Buenos Aries, Perdriel 74, 1280 Buenos Aries, Argentina. K.W. Kim, The Korean Academy of Medical Science, Department of Anesthesiology, Seoul National University, 28 Yun KunDong, Chongro-ku, Seoul 110744, Korea
Marc-Claude Marti, Hoˆpital Cantonal, Hoˆpitaux Universitaires de Gene`ve 14, Geneva, Switzerland I. Mastrobuono, Agenzia per 9 Servizi Sanitari Regionali, Piazza Guglielmo Marconi, 25, 00144 Roma, Italy Ronald A. Miller, The Whittington Hospital, Department of Urology, Highgate Hill, London, NI0 3UA, UK H. Obara, Kobe University, School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Kusunokicho 7-5-1, Chuo-ku Kobe 650, Japan A. Ohmura, Department of Anesthesiology, Teikyo University, Mizonokuchi Hospital, 3-8-3 Mizonokuchi, Takatsuku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 213-8507, Japan Sujit K Pandit, University of Michigan Medical Center, Box 0048, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0048, USA
For the initial submission of manuscripts for consideration, hardcopies are sufficient. For the processing of accepted papers, electronic versions are preferred. After final acceptance, your disk plus three, final and exactly matching printed versions should be submitted together. Double density (DD) or high density (HD) diskettes (312 or 514 inch) are acceptable. It is important that the file saved is in the native format of the wordprocessor program used. Label the disk with the name of the computer and wordprocessing package used, your name, and the name of the file on the disk. Further information may be obtained from the Publisher. Authors in Japan please note: Upon request, Elsevier Science Japan will provide authors with a list of people who can check and improve the English of their paper (before submission). Please contact our Tokyo office: Elsevier Science K.K., 1-9-15 Higashi-Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0044; Tel. (03)-5561-5032; Fax (03)-5561-5045. Enquiries concerning manuscripts and proofs: questions arising after acceptance of the manuscript, especially those relating to proofs, should be directed to: Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd., Elsevier House, Brookvale Plaza, East Park, Shannon, Co. Clare, Ireland, Tel: +353 61 709600, Fax: + 353 61 709114
Editorial Board U. Baccaglini, Instituto di Chirurgia Generale 11, Via Gattamelata 64, 35128 Padova, Italy
Electronic Manuscripts: Electronic manuscripts have the advantage that there is no need for rekeying of text, thereby avoiding the possibility of introducing errors and resulting in reliable and fast delivery of proofs.
G. Parmentier, 4 rue de Chaˆteau, 95300 Pontoise, France J.C. Raeder, Ulleval University Hospital, Department of Anaesthetics, Oslo N0407, Norway C. Ramo´n, Jefe de Servicio de Anestesiologia, Hospital de Manacor, Ctra. Manacor-Alucdia s/n, 07500-Manacor (Mallorca), Spain J. Reydelet, Lange Strasse 4-6, 70806 Kornwestheim, Germany Lindsay Roberts, Australian Day Surgery Council, Suite 1, 2A Mona Road, Darling Point 2027 Sydney, Australia W.G. Stein, Clinica Arauco, Dept. Anaesthetics, Av. Presidente Kennedy 5413-B-Las Condes Satiago, Chile T. Tritrakarn, Mahidol University, Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, 2 Prannok Road, Bangkoknoi, Bangkok 10700, Thailand John Warden, University of Sydney, Royal North Shore Hospital, Department of Anesthesia & Pain Management, St. Leonards NSW 2065, Australia
Ambulatory Surgery has no page charges
Publication information: Ambulatory Surgery (ISSN 0966–6532). For 2003, volumes 10 & 11 are scheduled for publication. Subscription prices are available upon request from the Publisher or from the Regional Sales Office nearest you or from this journal’s website (http://www.elsevier.nl/locate/ambsur). Further information is available on this journal and other Elsevier Science products through Elsevier’s website: (http://www.elsevier.nl). Subscriptions are accepted on a prepaid basis only and are entered on a calendar year basis. Issues are sent by standard mail (surface within Europe, air delivery outside Europe). Priority rates are available upon request. Claims for missing issues should be made within six months of the date of dispatch. Advertising information. Advertising orders and enquiries can be sent to: USA, Canada and South America: Mr Tino de Carlo, The Advertising Department, Elsevier Science Inc., 655 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10010-5107, USA; Tel.: (+1) (212) 633 3815; fax: (+1) (212) 633 3820; e-mail: [email protected]. Japan: The Advertising Department, Elsevier Science K.K., 9-15 Higashi-Azabu 1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0044, Japan; Tel.: (+81) (3) 5561 5033; fax: (+81) (3) 5561 5047. Europe and ROW: Rachel Leveson-Gower, The Advertising Department, Elsevier Science Ltd., The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, UK; Tel.: (+44) (1865) 843565; fax: (+44) (1865) 843976; e-mail: [email protected] Orders, claims, and product enquiries: please contact the Customer Support Department at the Regional Sales Office nearest you: New York: Elsevier Science, PO Box 945, New York, NY 10159-0945, USA; Tel.: (+1) (212) 633 3730 [toll free number for North American customers: 1-888-4ES-INFO (437-4636)]; fax: (+1) (212) 633 3680; e-mail: [email protected] Amsterdam: Elsevier Science, PO Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Tel.: (+31) 20 4853757; fax: (+31) 20 4853432; e-mail: [email protected] Tokyo: Elsevier Science, 9-15 Higashi-Azabu 1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0044, Japan; Tel.: (+81) (3) 5561 5033; fax: (+81) (3) 5561 5047; e-mail: [email protected] Singapore: Elsevier Science, No. 1 Temasek Avenue, c17-01 Millenia Tower, Singapore 039192; Tel.: (+65) 434 3727; fax: (+65) 337 2230; e-mail: [email protected] Rio de Janeiro: Elsevier Science, Rua Sete de Setembro 111/16 Andar, 20050-002 Centro, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil; Tel.: (+55) (21) 509 5340; fax: (+55) (21) 507 1991; e-mail: [email protected] [Note (Latin America): for orders, claims and help desk information, please contact the Regional Sales Office in New York as listed above] The paper used in this publication meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (Permanence of Paper)