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. 2017 Sep;27(9):860-862.
doi: 10.1089/lap.2017.0350. Epub 2017 Aug 10.

The History of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery and the ERAS Society

Olle Ljungqvist  1 , Tonia Young-Fadok  2 , Nicolas Demartines  3
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The History of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery and the ERAS Society

Olle Ljungqvist et al. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2017 Sep.

Abstract

This short historical overview explains the development of enhanced recovery from a small group of surgeons in European academic centers to the establishment of ERAS®Society, a not-for-profit multiprofessional multidisciplinary medical-academic society, reaching all major continents and involving a wide range of surgical and anesthesia disciplines.

Keywords: ERAS; complications; enhanced recovery; implementation.

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