Annalise C Katz-Summercorn, Chanpreet Arhi, David Agyemang-Yeboah, Nicholas Cirocchi, Debbie Musendeki, Irene Fitt, Rosie McGrandles, Anjali Zalin, Istvan Foldi, Farhan Rashid, Md Tanveer Adil, Vigyan Jain, Ravikrishna Mamidanna, Periyathambi Jambulingam, Aruna Munasinghe, Douglas E Whitelaw, Omer Al-Taan
BACKGROUND: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) programs have been widely adopted in bariatric surgery. However, not all patients are successfully managed in the ERAS setting and there is currently little way of predicting the patients who will deviate from the program. Early identification of these patients could allow for more tailored protocols to be implemented preoperatively to address the issues, thereby improving patient outcomes. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to elucidate the factors which preclude discharge by comparing patients who were successfully discharged by the end of the first postoperative day (POD 0/1) to those who stayed longer, including revisional surgery in this analysis...
November 25, 2023: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases