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Anaesthetic Contributions in Enhanced Recovery

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Enhanced recovery (ER) not only reduces length of stay in hospital for patients but can help reduce the development of complications. The development of a complication during major surgery has important implications for patients beyond that of immediate morbidity and mortality risk. In 2005 Khuri and colleagues published a study from a database of 105,951 patients undergoing eight common operations. It showed the key determinant of reduced postoperative survival at follow-up at 8 years was the occurrence of a complication within 30 days of surgery. Rapid recovery without complications after surgery may also offer survival benefits for cancer patients because patients are fitter sooner after surgery to have follow on chemotherapy.

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  1. Centre for Anaesthesia, University College of London, London, UK

    Monty G. Mythen

  2. Department of Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Medicine, Royal Surrey County NHS Foundation Trust, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK

    Michael Scott

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  2. St Mark's Hospital, Watford Road, Harrow, HA1 3UJ, United Kingdom

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  3. Department of Surgery, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro, 701 85, Sweden

    Olle Ljungqvist

  4. University College of London, Centre for Anaesthesia, WC1E 6, United Kingdom

    Monty G. Mythen

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Mythen, M.G., Scott, M. (2012). Anaesthetic Contributions in Enhanced Recovery. In: Francis, N., Kennedy, R., Ljungqvist, O., Mythen, M. (eds) Manual of Fast Track Recovery for Colorectal Surgery. Enhanced Recovery. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-953-6_4

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