Short hospital stay and low complication rate are possible with a fully implemented fast-track model after elective colonic surgery

European Surgical Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 156-161

  Christensen, H K ^a   Thaysen, H V ^a   Rodt, S A ^a   Carlsson, P ^a   Laurberg, S ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Colonic surgery; Elective surgery; Fast track model

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLON RESECTION; COLON SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE COLON SURGERY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FAST TRACK MODEL; HEMICOLECTOMY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC DISEASES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 79952828140     PISSN: 0014312X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000324406     Document Type: Article

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