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Enhanced Recovery Pathways After Colorectal Surgery
Background Major surgery is usually followed by pain, stress-induced organ dysfunction, and catabolism. These sequelae increase the risk of cardiopulmonary, infectious, thromboembolic, and cognitive complications and functional impairment, prolong hospitalization, and require rehabilitation and readmission. The concept of “fast-track surgery”…