Modern Approaches to Enhanced Recovery After Surgery
Purpose of the Paper: To outline the essential features of an approach that helps enhance recovery after elective surgery. Key Points: The authors provide an evidence-based overview of the enhanced-recovery-after-surgery program. They highlight the importance of a multidisciplinary approach to providing care at aLL steps of the perioperative period. Also, the paper focuses on the following benefits of the fast-track-surgery concept: better outcomes of surgicaL treatment, Lower rates of compLications, reduced heaLth-care costs and, not the Least important, better-quaLity hospitaL stay and higher patient satisfaction with medicaL services.