[Ambulatory surgery--positive and negative aspects from the viewpoint of the established ENT physician].

Operations on an outpatient basis have a long tradition in the ENT specialty and have been promoted in the Federal Republic of Germany. New legislation has now been passed opening up new perspectives but at the same time creating uncertainty. Organisation, medical and cost reducing advantages as well as various problems of the use of ENT operations on an outpatient basis are described from the view of a physician in private practice. Economic calculation is at present difficult to estimate.