Contributing factors for cancellations of outpatient pediatric urology procedures: single center experience.

Purpose: Surgery cancellations in the pediatric population are often due to preventable causes and can lead to decreased operating room efficiency. We hypothesized that clinical and demographic patient factors are associated with preventable cancellations of scheduled outpatient pediatric urology procedures at our institution.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective review of cancelled outpatient pediatric urology procedures from January 1 to July 31, 2010 was performed.