Perceived barriers and facilitators of day-case surgery for major foot and ankle procedures? A cross-sectional survey of United Kingdom surgeons

Table 4 Results from the survey showing potential barriers to performing major foot and ankle surgeries as day-case within their centre, n (%)

Factor	Result
Barriers to performing day-case	No out of hours support (n = 28) (21)
	No Physio pre/post-op (n = 31) (23)
	No Anaesthetist (n = 12) (9)
	Lack of managerial support (n = 10) (8)
	Never been done before (n = 9) (7)
	Non-response (n = 15) (11)
	Unsure (n = 23) (17)
	Other (n = 7) (5)
Complications heard/witnessed from day-casea	Wound healing (n = 33) (25)
	Wound Infection (n = 23) (17)
	Breakthrough pain (n = 84) (64)
	Patient dissatisfaction (n = 33) (25)
	Unplanned readmission (n = 60) (45)
	Further surgery (n = 12) (9)
	Delayed non-union (n = 12) (9)
How are patients first re-evaluated after dischargea	24 h (Face to face, n = 3, 2%) (Telephone, n = 14, 11%)
	1 wk (Face to face, n = 15, 11%) (Telephone, n = 3, 2%)
	2 wk (Face to face, n = 119, 90%) (Telephone, n = 1, 1%)
	6 wk (Face to face, n = 54, 41%) (Telephone, n = 2, 2%)
	Other (n = 9) (7)

^aPercentage is more than 100 as respondents can select more than 1 option.