February 23, 2016Annals of Surgery
Advancing Surgical Outcomes Research and Quality Improvement Within an Enhanced Recovery Program Framework
Key result
Integrating quality improvement and surgical outcomes methodologies within an evidence-based enhanced recovery program framework is proposed to advance future surgical outcomes.
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Implication
Further improvements in surgical outcomes require integrating quality improvement and surgical outcomes methodologies within the framework of evidence-based enhanced recovery programs.
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Population
Surgical outcomes
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Intervention / Comparator
Enhanced recovery programs
Further improvements in surgical outcomes require integrating quality improvement and surgical outcomes methodologies within the framework of evidence-based enhanced recovery programs.
Limitations
- Lack of detailed large-scale studies for stratification of surgical complications ('medical' vs 'surgical' complications) limits interpretation of previous data.
Cite This Study
Kehlet et al. (2016) conducted a review in Surgical outcomes. Enhanced recovery programs was evaluated. Integrating quality improvement and surgical outcomes methodologies within an evidence-based enhanced recovery program framework is proposed to advance future surgical outcomes.