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World J Orthop. Apr 18, 2023; 14(4): 248-259
Published online Apr 18, 2023. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v14.i4.248
Published online Apr 18, 2023. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v14.i4.248
Perceived barriers and facilitators of day-case surgery for major foot and ankle procedures? A cross-sectional survey of United Kingdom surgeons
Amber Berry, Department of Physiotherapy, Spire Hospital, Leicester LE2 2FF, United Kingdom
Linzy Houchen-Wolloff, Natalie Crane, Department of Physiotherapy, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester LE3 9QP, United Kingdom
David Townshend, Department of Orthopaedics, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, North Sheilds NE29 8NH, United Kingdom
Robert Clayton, Department of Orthopaedics, Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy KY2 5AH, United Kingdom
Jitendra Mangwani, Academic Team of Musculoskeletal Surgery, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester LE5 4PW, United Kingdom
Author contributions: Mangwani J, Townshend D, Clayton R contributed to concept; Berry A, Houchen-Wolloff L, Crane N, Clayton R contributed to data collection; Houchen-Wolloff L, Mangwani J, Clayton R contributed to data analysis; Mangwani J, Houchen-Wolloff L, Townshend D contributed to data interpretation; Berry A, Houchen-Wolloff L, Crane N contributed to writing the manuscript; Mangwani J, Crane N, Townshend D, Clayton R contributed to manuscript critical revision.
Institutional review board statement: Did not have IRB approval but was approved by the BOFAS scientific committee.
Informed consent statement: Not applicable for this type of submission-survey.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
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Corresponding author: Linzy Houchen-Wolloff, PhD, Senior Research Physiotherapist, Department of Physiotherapy, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Glenfield Hospital Groby Road, Leicester LE3 9QP, United Kingdom. linzy.houchen@uhl-tr.nhs.uk
Received: November 28, 2022
Peer-review started: November 28, 2022
First decision: January 20, 2023
Revised: February 4, 2023
Accepted: April 4, 2023
Article in press: April 4, 2023
Published online: April 18, 2023
Peer-review started: November 28, 2022
First decision: January 20, 2023
Revised: February 4, 2023
Accepted: April 4, 2023
Article in press: April 4, 2023
Published online: April 18, 2023
Core Tip
Core Tip: We have identified an appetite to increase the number of major foot and ankle procedures within United Kingdom foot and ankle surgeons who completed our survey. Despite theoretical concerns about post-operative pain and satisfaction this was only measured by a third of those surveyed. Out of hours support and physiotherapy input pre/post-op were perceived as the main barriers to doing day-case surgery in foot and ankle surgery.