Feasibility, safety, and outcomes of a stratified fast-track care trajectory in pituitary surgery.
Daniel J LobattoThea P M Vliet VlielandWilbert B van den HoutFriso de VriesAnne F de VriesPieter J SchutteMarco J T VerstegenAlberto M PereiraWilco C PeulNienke R BiermaszWouter R van FurthPublished in: Endocrine (2020)
A stratified fast-track care trajectory with enhanced postoperative outpatient surveillance after pituitary tumor surgery is safe and feasible. As expected, costs of the fast-track were lower than the non-fast-track group, however we could not prove overall cost-effectiveness compared with the historic controls.