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Introduction to Enhanced Recovery Programs: A Paradigm Shift in Perioperative Care

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Despite improvements in surgical and anesthetic techniques, a significant proportion of patients experience complications after major gastrointestinal surgery, there is significant variability in care processes and outcomes between practitioners, full patient functional recovery requires weeks or months, even after ambulatory surgery, and costs of care continue to rise without resulting in better population health. Achieving higher value care for patients, defined as health outcomes that matter to patients achieved per dollar spent, must become the goal.

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  1. Division of General Surgery, Steinberg-Bernstein Chair in Minimally Invasive Surgery and Innovation, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Liane S. Feldman M.D., F.A.C.S., F.R.C.S.C.

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  1. Division of General Surgery Steinberg-Bernstein Chair in Minimally Invasive Surgery and Innovation, McGill University, Health Centre, Montreal, Québec, Canada

    Liane S. Feldman

  2. Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Conor P. Delaney

  3. Faculty of Medicine and Health School of Health and Medical Sciences, Department of Surgery Örebro University Örebro; Affiliated Professor of Surgery Metabolism and Nutrition, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

    Olle Ljungqvist

  4. Department of Anesthesia, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada

    Francesco Carli

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Feldman, L.S. (2015). Introduction to Enhanced Recovery Programs: A Paradigm Shift in Perioperative Care. In: Feldman, L., Delaney, C., Ljungqvist, O., Carli, F. (eds) The SAGES / ERAS® Society Manual of Enhanced Recovery Programs for Gastrointestinal Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20364-5_1

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