Day-case paediatric mastoid surgery.

Objective: Children have traditionally been kept in hospital overnight after mastoid surgery, but evidence from the US in adults suggests that a substantial number of patients may be suitable for discharge on the day of surgery. We sought to ascertain the proportion of our children having mastoid operations between February 1994 and December 2000 who were suitable for same-day discharge. We also evaluated some of the factors that prevented discharge the same day.