Commentary: Fast track surgery: The need for improved study design

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1013-1014

  Slim, Karem ^a   Kehlet, Henrik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF CLERMONT FERRAND   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONVALESCENCE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FAST TRACK SURGERY; FOOD INTAKE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MOBILIZATION; NOTE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGERY;

COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 84864376981     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2012.03114.x     Document Type: Note

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