[Abbreviated surgical stay programs--a professional and administrative challenge].
Accelerated surgical stay programs represent a multi-modal, multi-disciplinary concept to reduce postoperative morbidity, hospitalisation and convalescence based upon recent advantages in surgical pathophysiology and pain treatment. Preliminary data from a variety of surgical procedures suggest major improvements in quality of surgical care and cost reduction and call for further controlled or large-size multicenter studies.
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D003289:Convalescence; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D009664:Norway; D010351:Patient Discharge; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D013997:Time Factors