Enhanced Recovery after Urological Surgery: A Contemporary Systematic Review of Outcomes, Key Elements, and Research Needs

European Urology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 176-187

  Azhar, Raed A ^a,b   Bochner, Bernard ^c   Catto, James ^d   Goh, Alvin C ^e   Kelly, John ^f   Patel, Hiten D ^g   Pruthi, Raj S ^h   Thalmann, George N ⁱ   Desai, Mihir ^b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^g DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Enhanced recovery after surgery; ERAS; Perioperative care

Indexed keywords

LAXATIVE; PROKINETIC AGENT;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANALGESIA; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CATHETER; CHEWING GUM; CONDITIONING; CONVALESCENCE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIET RESTRICTION; DRAIN; ENHANCED RECOVERY AFTER SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL AUDIT; NUTRITION; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; PATIENT COUNSELING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; ROBOT ASSISTED SURGERY; SMOKING; STOMACH INTUBATION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERMOREGULATION; UROLOGIC SURGERY; DIET; MOBILIZATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROCEDURES; SMOKING CESSATION; TIME FACTOR;

DIET; EARLY AMBULATION; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SMOKING CESSATION; TIME FACTORS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84959931549     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2016.02.051     Document Type: Review

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