Open AccessEnhanced Recovery After Surgery: Working for the Patients?
Author(s) -
Knight Al,
AG Paice,
Str Bailey
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
bulletin of the royal college of surgeons of england
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1478-7075
pISSN - 1473-6357
DOI - 10.1308/147363510x518330
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , intensive care medicine , general surgery , operations management , medical emergency , economics
Increasing numbers of surgeons are incorporating the principles of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) into their routine practices. The benefits are becoming clear and are much beloved of both clinicians and hospital management, with reduced lengths of inpatient stays and lower financial costs at no additional, measurable detriment to the patient. However, what do the patients think? Are we pushing them too far, too fast?