Guidelines for perioperative care in elective rectal/pelvic surgery: Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS®) society recommendations

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 285-305

  Nygren, J ^a,b   Thacker, J ^c   Carli, F ^d   Fearon, K C H ^e   Norderval, S ^f   Lobo, D N ^g   Ljungqvist, O ^h   Soop, M ⁱ   Ramirez, J ^j  

^a ERSTA HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^g NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^h ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^j HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVALESCENCE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PELVIS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RECTUM; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICAL AUDIT; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PELVIS; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECTUM; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 84874029095     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-012-1787-6     Document Type: Review

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