Hospital Admissions in Pediatric Patients With Tracheostomies Based on Rurality and Insurance Status.

Objective: Determine whether rurality or public insurance status is associated with greater 30-day readmission after tracheostomy in pediatric patients.

Study Design: Retrospective cohort.

Setting: Pediatric Health Information System (PHIS) Database.

Outpatient versus observation/inpatient parotidectomy: patient factors and perioperative complications.

The objective of this manuscript is to review a single institution's experience with superficial or total parotidectomy in outpatient and observation/inpatient groups. All patients who underwent superficial or total parotidectomy between 2009 and 2015 were identified. Patients were excluded if they had undergone concurrent surgery such as neck dissection, had prior radiation treatment or surgery at the operative site.