Abstract
Fast-track surgery implies a coordinated perioperative approach aimed at reducing surgical stress and facilitating post-operative recovery. The fast-track programme has reduced post-operative length of stay and has led to shorter convalescence with more rapid functional recovery and decreased morbidity and mortality in total hip arthroplasty. It should now be a standard total hip arthroplasty patient pathway, but fine tuning of the multiple factors in the fast-track pathway is still needed in patients with special needs or high comorbidity burden.
Translated title of the contribution | Fast-track hip arthroplasty |
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Original language | Danish |
Article number | V03170252 |
Journal | Ugeskrift for Laeger |
Volume | 179 |
Issue number | 51 |
Number of pages | 4 |
ISSN | 0041-5782 |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |