%0 Journal Article %T Cirug¨ªa mayor ambulatoria del paciente maxilofacial pedi¨¢trico %A Estrada Sarmiento %A Manuel %J Revista Cubana de Pediatr£¿-a %D 1997 %I Editorial Ciencias M¨¦dicas %X the results of the application of the major ambulatory surgery of the pediatric maxillofacial patient at the "carlos manuel de c¨¦spedes" provincial general teaching hospital, in bayamo, during one year (1993) are exposed. 64 % of the patients were operated on by this procedure, and 70.8 % of the series were administered general anesthesia. the exeresis of the impacted tooth was the most frequent surgical procedure with 31.5 %. the results are discussed and compared with those of other authors. as regards the concept day-patient, there was a significant saving for the institution of $ 16 450,56. 100 % of the relatives prefer this method to the habitual one. %K ambulatory surgery [economies] %K surgery %K oral %K tooth %K impacted [surgery] %K outpatient clinics hospital [economies]. %U http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0034-75311997000100008&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en