Enhanced Recovery After Surgery: Urology

Ava Saidian; Jeffrey Wells Nix

doi:10.1016/j.suc.2018.07.012

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery: Urology

Surg Clin North Am. 2018 Dec;98(6):1265-1274. doi: 10.1016/j.suc.2018.07.012.

Authors

Ava Saidian¹, Jeffrey Wells Nix²

Affiliations

¹ Department Urology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1720 2nd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
² Department Urology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1720 2nd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 30390858
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2018.07.012

Abstract

Enhanced recovery after surgery programs were developed as a type of standardized evidence-based perioperative care protocols. The necessity and benefit of clinical care pathways is not a new phenomenon in urology and have been a big part of the evolution of care for urology patients, especially in terms of urologic oncology. This article discusses the key components of evidence-based perioperative care in key urologic procedures. These protocols have been shown to decrease length of stay, decrease complications, and reduce cost.

Keywords: Clinical care pathways; ERAS; Enhanced recovery after surgery; Perioperative care.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Critical Pathways
Humans
Length of Stay
Perioperative Care*
Postoperative Complications / prevention & control*
Recovery of Function*
Urology*