Utilization of operation theatre; a newly developed tertiary care teaching hospital

ABSTRACT

To find out the number and variety of different surgeries performed at the operation theatre of the Dow University Hospital. From January 2011 to December 2011, hospital operation theatre record was reviewed. Main outcome measures were age, gender, medical record [MR] number, name of operations with their indications, specialty and type of anesthesia used during the procedure, type of surgery. Monthly trend of surgeries were also evaluated. The total numbers of operations performed during first year of operation theatre working were 539 cases. Number of emergency surgeries done was 42 [7.79%] and elective were 497 [92.2%].Surgeries performed by General Surgery, Gynecology and Plastic surgery department were 319 [59.18%], 61 [11.3%], 54 [10.0%]. MR Number was not present in record register in 306 [56.7%] cases, indication for surgery was not written in 274 [50.8%] cases and name of surgery was missing in 18 [3.3%] cases. The most common case performed were different types of biopsies while other common cases performed in the year 2011 were incision and drainage, cholecystectomies and hernia repair. The record maintained was overall satisfactory however needs further improvement. Computerization of records with training of staff about its proper maintenance can improve its quality with international standards