Enhancing recovery after minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum

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Enhancing recovery after minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum

Litz CN et al. (2017) Enhancing recovery after minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum. Pediatr Surg Int. Oct;33(10):1123-1129. 

What is already known:

Paediatrics is one of the newest specialities to embrace ERAS, and so currently the evidence bas is relatively sparse. That said a number of guidelines have been published and the 1st World Congress on ERAS for Paediatrics took place last year.

What this paper adds:

A comprehensive ERAS programme was introduced for patients undergoing minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum and was compared to a retrospective control group. Length of stay was reduced together with a reduction in ICU stay, a reduction in morphine usage and a reduced urinary catherization rates.

Chris Jones, Guildford.

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