January 2016 update

Welcome to our January 2016 update on the ERAS Society Website! This month we want to share with all of you the following:

• The six-minute walk test as a measure of postoperative recovery after colorectal resection: further examination of its measurement properties. Nicolò Pecorelli, MD, Julio F Fiore Jr., PhD, Chelsia Gillis, RD, Rashami Awasthi, BSc Benjamin Mappin-Kasirer, Petru Niculiseanu, MD, Gerald M Fried, MD, Francesco Carli, MD, Liane S Feldman, MD. [Read it here]
• The use of artificial neural networks to predict delayed discharge and readmission in enhanced recovery following laparoscopic colorectal cancer surgery.N. K. Francis, A. Luther, E. Salib, L. Allanby, D. Messenger, A. S. Allison, N. J. Smart, J. B. Ockrim. [Read it here]

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