A 21-element recovery program for children undergoing gastrointestinal surgery reduced opioid use during hospitalization by ...

Enhanced Recovery Programs (ERPs) are standardized, evidence-based, and comprehensive practices that facilitate better recovery and surgical outcomes for surgical patients. Chu highlighted that ERPs ...

In this cohort study, which involved 832 patients undergoing pancreatic resection surgery, the researchers investigated how making incremental modifications to post-surgery procedures affected the ...

UAB Gastrointestinal Surgery Division Director Daniel Chu, M.D., has played a crucial role in the widespread implementation of Enhanced Recovery Programs (ERPs) in the Department of Surgery and beyond ...

In this cohort study, which involved 832 patients undergoing pancreatic resection surgery, the researchers investigated how making incremental modifications to post-surgery procedures affected the ...

Background: Major colorectal surgery usually requires a hospital stay of more than 12 days. Inadequate pain management, intestinal dysfunction and immobilisation are the main factors associated with ...

A recent study published in JAMA Surgery demonstrated the cost savings an enhanced recovery program can produce in colon cancer surgery, according to a Pain Medicine News report. The study examined ...

Expectant mothers in need of cesarean delivery in 2020 are now benefiting from evolving care pathways as many hospitals are exploring what they can do to expedite cesarean delivery patients’ recovery, ...