A clinical pathway to accelerate recovery after colonic resection.

Volume: 232, Issue: 1, Pages: 51 - 57
Published: Jul 1, 2000
Abstract
The postoperative hospital stay after colonic resection is usually 6 to 12 days, 1–6 with a complication rate of 10% to 20%, because many patients are elderly and at high risk. The recent introduction of multimodal postoperative rehabilitation regimens including epidural analgesia, early enteral nutrition, and early mobilization and revision of the surgical care program have reduced the hospital stay to approximately 5 days. 7–9 The introduction...
Paper Details
Title
A clinical pathway to accelerate recovery after colonic resection.
Published Date
Jul 1, 2000
Volume
232
Issue
1
Pages
51 - 57
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