Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift für alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen
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The aim of multimodal perioperative treatment concepts is to lower the extent of general complications after elective colonic resection and "traditional" perioperative therapy and to allow hospital discharge only a few days following the operation. ⋯ In colonic surgery, the "fast-track" method accelerated convalescence, lowered the number of general complications, and reduced the duration of hospital stay. Therefore, evaluation of "fast-track" concepts is warranted in other types of elective abdominal surgery.