It is safe to send patients home from hospital on the same day as getting their appendix removed by keyhole surgery, finds an NZ study. Christchurch Hospital researchers found that fewer than 1 in 10 of adult patients who had this surgery in the hospital from 2015 to 2024 were sent home on the same day. However, these patients were no more likely to have serious complications or to need to return to hospital than patients who stayed overnight. The researchers say that safely sending patients hom