Enhanced recovery pathway for radical prostatectomy: Implementation and evaluation in a universal healthcare system.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Enhanced recovery pathways are standardized, multidisciplinary, consensus-based tools that provide guidelines for evidence-based decision-making. This study evaluates the impact of the implementation of a clinical care pathway on patient outcomes following radical prostatectomy in a universal healthcare system.

Methods

Medical charts of 200 patients with prostate cancer who underwent open and minimally invasive radical prostatectomy at a single academic hospital from 2009 to 2012 were reviewed. A group of 100 consecutive patients' pre-pathway implementation was compared with 99 consecutive patients' post-pathway implementation. Duration of hospital stay, complications, post-discharge emergency department visits and readmissions were compared between the 2 groups

SUBMITTER: Abou-Haidar H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4277521 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature