American College of Surgeons: Implementation of Enhanced Recovery Pathway for Bariatric Operations Cuts Hospital Stays by Half, Opioid Use by 95 Percent
July 22, 2019
July 22, 2019
WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The American College of Surgeons issued the following news release:
A change in the care protocol of patients undergoing weight-reduction operations exceeded its desired effect by cutting postoperative hospital stays in half, reducing postoperative hospital readmissions by 38 percent, and reducing the amount of opioids the patients were sent home with by 95 percent, according to study results from a large bariatric and metabolic surgery center in Charleston, S . . .
A change in the care protocol of patients undergoing weight-reduction operations exceeded its desired effect by cutting postoperative hospital stays in half, reducing postoperative hospital readmissions by 38 percent, and reducing the amount of opioids the patients were sent home with by 95 percent, according to study results from a large bariatric and metabolic surgery center in Charleston, S . . .