Keywords
Epidemiology
Comorbidity
Postoperative complications
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Abstract
Objectives: To describe the epidemiological profile of patients undergoing minor outpatient surgery and to analyze the relationship between the ASA classification and postoperative complications. Methods: Observational and quantitative study was carried out with patients treated at an academic outpatient clinic between February 2023 and February 2024. Descriptive statistics, including mean and median values, were used for data analysis. Fisher's exact test was applied to evaluate the association between the ASA classification and postoperative complications. Results: The study evaluated 70 patients undergoing outpatient surgery in an academic outpatient unit, type I. Men and women were equally distributed, and more than seventy per cent of the participants had at least one comorbidity. Most patients (45.71%) were aged 60 years or older. There was a higher prevalence of non-neoplastic lesions; among the neoplastic lesions, most were diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma. The ASA classification did not significantly correlate with postoperative complications (95% CI; p = 0.5509). Conclusion: Minor outpatient surgeries in a type I outpatient unit can be performed with good results and low rates of postoperative complications in elderly patients with controlled comorbidities. However, the small sample size requires studies with larger populations.
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