Clinical pathway for thoracic surgery in an Italian centre

Majed Refai; Michele Salati; Michela Tiberi; Armando Sabbatini; Paolo Gentili

doi:10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2015.12.34

Clinical pathway for thoracic surgery in an Italian centre

J Thorac Dis. 2016 Feb;8(Suppl 1):S23-8. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2015.12.34.

Authors

Majed Refai¹, Michele Salati¹, Michela Tiberi¹, Armando Sabbatini¹, Paolo Gentili¹

Affiliation

¹ 1 Division of Thoracic Surgery, Ospedali Riuniti Ancona, Ancona, Italy ; 2 Section of Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Ospedali Riuniti Ancona, Ancona, Italy ; 3 Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Ospedali Riuniti Ancona, Ancona, Italy.

PMID: 26941966
PMCID: PMC4756230
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2015.12.34

Abstract

Clinical care pathways are developed to standardize postoperative patient care and the main impetus is to improve quality of care, decrease variation in care and reduce costs. We report the clinical pathway of care adopted at our centre since the introduction of Uniportal VATS program for major lung resections.

Keywords: Clinical care pathways; Uniportal VATS program; postoperative care; quality of care.

Publication types

Review