Results
A total of 31 patients who underwent outpatient drainless parotidectomy
were invited to participate in the questionnaire. Of the 31 patients,
all had superficial parotidectomy apart from 3 patients who had
additional neck dissection of various extend. The mean age of patients
was 54.6 (28-85) years and 17 (54.8%) of them were male.
Out of the 31 patients, 28 (90.3%) patients responded to the COPS-D
questionnaire anonymously. A total of 20 (71.4%) patients were
discharged on the same-day whereas eight (28.6%) stayed in the hospital
for 23-hours for various non-surgical reasons such as medical
comorbidities (e.g. type 2 diabetes mellitus, severe asthma), transport
arrangements and post-operative anaesthesia recovery.