Days alive and out of hospital after enhanced recovery video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy.

Lin Huang Mikkel Nicklas Frandsen Henrik Kehlet René Horsleben Petersen

Published in: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery (2022)

DAOH after 1 year with an established VATS lobectomy ERAS programme was only reduced with a median of 6 days. The main factors reducing DAOH were air leak, adjuvant chemotherapy and recurrence. DAOH may be an important patient-centred outcome to define future improvement strategies.

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