Survival After Emergency General Surgery: What can We Learn from Enhanced Recovery Programmes?

N Quiney; G Aggarwal; M Scott; M Dickinson

doi:10.1007/s00268-016-3418-0

Survival After Emergency General Surgery: What can We Learn from Enhanced Recovery Programmes?

World J Surg. 2016 Jun;40(6):1283-7. doi: 10.1007/s00268-016-3418-0.

Authors

N Quiney^{1

2}, G Aggarwal^{3

4}, M Scott^{3

4}, M Dickinson^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Egerton Road, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XX, UK. nialquiney@nhs.net.
² Surrey Perioperative Anesthesia Critical Care Research Group (SPACeR), University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, UK. nialquiney@nhs.net.
³ Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Egerton Road, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XX, UK.
⁴ Surrey Perioperative Anesthesia Critical Care Research Group (SPACeR), University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, UK.

PMID: 26813539
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-016-3418-0

Abstract

Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) has been adopted by many centres and across whole healthcare systems. The results have shown significant reductions in length of stay and postoperative complications. However, there has been very little change in these factors and mortality in emergency surgery. Can we learn from principles of ERAS for emergency abdominal surgery?

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Abdomen / surgery*
Emergencies*
Humans
Length of Stay
Mortality / trends
Postoperative Care / methods*
Postoperative Complications / etiology
Recovery of Function
Survival Rate
Time Factors