PurposeParotidectomies are rarely performed on an outpatient basis. The specific perioperative outcomes and their management remains insufficiently described to change daily practice. The objectives were to study the outcomes, the complications and the patient satisfaction rate in parotidectomy performed on an outpatient basis. Materials and methodsWe conducted a retrospective monocentric database study on 85 patients who underwent parotidectomy as a first and sole procedure from 2015 to 2020. We analyzed perioperative outcomes between outpatients and inpatients. ResultsAmong 28 outpatients and 57 inpatients, no significant differences in total perioperative complications (p = .66; OR = 1.25; 95 % confidence interval (CI) [0.47; 3.36]), reoperations (p = .55), readmissions (p = 1), or unplanned visits (p = .52) were shown in multivariate analysis. The conversion rate for surgical reasons was 8.6 %, and the satisfaction rate was high. ConclusionAlthough outpatient parotidectomies should be as safe as for inpatients, the high rate of minor complications requires specific perioperative management, such as a systematic early postoperative visit and optimized preoperative information in order to be carried out with minimal issues.