Gastroenterology
Volume 136, Issue 3 , Pages 842-847.e1 , March 2009

A Fast-Track Program Reduces Complications and Length of Hospital Stay After Open Colonic Surgery

  • Sven Muller

      Affiliations

    • Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
    • Department of Visceral Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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  • Marco P. Zalunardo

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Anesthesiology, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Martin Hubner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Visceral Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Pierre A. Clavien

      Affiliations

    • Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Nicolas Demartines

      Affiliations

    • Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
    • Department of Visceral Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Nicolas Demartines, MD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Visceral Surgery, University Hospital CHUV, Rue de Bugnon 46, CH-1011 Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. fax: 0041-21-314-2411
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  • Zurich Fast Track Study Group

Received 18 July 2008 ,Accepted 16 October 2008.

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 Trial Registration: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov; identifier: NCT00556790.

 Dr Muller designed the study, analyzed the data, performed statistical analysis and drafted the manuscript and had full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. Dr Zalunardo, Dr Hubner, and Dr Clavien participated in the design and coordination of the study and data analyses and helped to draft the manuscript. Dr Demartines designed the study, analyzed the data, and helped to draft the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose the following: Dr Muller, Dr Clavien, and Dr Demartines have received research support from Fresenius Kabi, Stans, Switzerland. Dr Zalunardo and Dr Hubner disclose no conflicts.

PII: S0016-5085(08)01865-9

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2008.10.030

Gastroenterology
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