Unlike mammography centers, our facility is backed by the full services of our hospital, including laboratory pathology, same-day surgery and a cadre of medical specialists.

Investigating the alternatives - a hospital stay or same-day surgery?

With the new space, Dr. LeBenger said, his group would expand existing programs like radiology and add new ones, including same-day surgery.

This is same-day surgery now.

"In those days there was no such thing as same-day surgery and when patients came into the hospital they stayed for 7 to 10 days," Mr. Corvino continued.

Outpatient surgery, also known as ambulatory surgery, same-day surgery or day surgery, is surgery that does not require an overnight hospital stay.

Often it is performed as same-day surgery, with the patient returning home within hours of the procedure.

I called several reproductive centers there, but the ones I reached said they did only same-day surgery, no residents.

Compounding the problems you describe is the cost-saving practice of admitting patients for same-day surgery, even when a lengthy procedure is planned.

They equip their new provider-sponsored organizations with testing laboratories and operating rooms for same-day surgery and strike alliances with hospitals for longer term care.