Fast-track hip arthroplasty
Hansen, T.B.æk.; Gromov, K.; Kristensen, B.B.; Husted, H.; Kehlet, H.
Ugeskrift for Laeger 179(51)
2017
ISSN/ISBN: 1603-6824 PMID: 29260691 Document Number: 693190
Fast-track surgery implies a coordinated perioperative approach aimed at reducing surgical stress and facilitating post-operative recovery. The fast-track programme has reduced post-operative length of stay and has led to shorter convalescence with more rapid functional recovery and decreased morbidity and mortality in total hip arthroplasty. It should now be a standard total hip arthroplasty patient pathway, but fine tuning of the multiple factors in the fast-track pathway is still needed in patients with special needs or high comorbidity burden.