[The problems in and the means for improving ambulatory surgical care in the Armed Forces]. / Problemy i puti sovershenstvovaniia ambulatornoi khirurgicheskoi pomoshchi v Vooruzhennykh Silakh.

The article presents some conclusions on ambulatory surgery in the Military Medical Academy and Surgery Centers in St. Petersburg resulting in higher efficiency of surgical aid and its availability for military beneficiaries. Organization frames and staffing principles for day-time ambulatory surgery stations.

[Improving the ambulatory surgical services on the basis of the work experience of the Center of Ambulatory Surgery]. / Sovershenstvovanie ambulatornoi khirurgicheskoi pomoshchi po opytu raboty Tsentra ambulatornoi khirurgii.

Centers of ambulatory surgery made on the basis of large city polyclinics and regional medical formations are considered to be a perspective and economically effective form of perestroika of the ambulatory surgical aid to people. Specificity of the operative procedures performed at the Center and specific features of postoperative management of the patients should be taken into consideration, and the staff of such units must consist of highly trained surgeons of wide type. The ambulatory surgery Center must occupy its place in the system of dispensary examinations of the population.

[Ambulatory surgery in St. Petersburg]. / Ambulatornaia khirurgiia v Sankt-Peterburg.

The authors describe preconditions of structural reorganization of the work of medical institutions of the ambulatory-polyclinical link of St. Petersburg in order to improve surgical treatment of the population. Main organizational principles underlying the work of ambulatory surgery centers are shown, results of their activities during the recent years are discussed. The advantages resulting from activities of day-time surgical hospitals are also described.