A fast track recovery program significantly reduces hospital length of stay following uncomplicated pancreaticoduodenectomy.

Factors affecting length of hospital stay after uncomplicated pancreaticoduodenectomy have not been reported. We hypothesized that patients undergoing uncomplicated pancreaticoduodenectomy treated by fast track recovery program would have a shorter length of hospital stay compared to those managed by a standard program.Patients without surgical or medical complications following pancreaticoduodenectomy managed by fast track or standard...