BACKGROUND Emergency major gastrointestinal (GI) surgery carries a considerable risk of mortality and postoperative complications. Effective management of complications and appropriate organization of postoperative care may improve outcome. The importance of the latter is poorly described in emergency GI surgical patients. We aimed to present mortality data and evaluate the postoperative care p...

BACKGROUND This meta-analysis is aimed to evaluate the feasibility and safety of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) programs in gastric cancer patients undergoing laparoscopy-assisted gastrectomy (LAG). METHODS We performed a meta-analysis of randomized control trials involving either enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS)/fast track surgery (FTS) for patients underwent LAG. EMBASE, Pubme...

Date of acceptance / Kabul tarihi: June 13, 2017 / 13 Haziran 2017 ABSTRACT: Is intensive care unit necessary for geriatric hip fractures? Objective: As life expectancy increases, so does the prevalence of diseases observed in the elderly. Hip fractures that usually occur with simple falls are profoundly more common in the elderly population. In the present study, we aimed to examine the outcom...

Nutritional concern is one of the most important issues to be addressed in the perioperative care given to gastrointestinal patients. Not at least, malnutrition may be detrimental and relate to postoperative morbidity. Perioperative nutritional management, integrated with other modern perioperative care policies, allows the establishment of multimodal strategies with an attempt to optimize the ...

BACKGROUND Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Canada, offers specialized ambulatory surgical procedures. Patients often travel great distances to undergo surgery. Most patients receiving ambulatory surgery have a low rate of postoperative events necessitating clinic visits. However, regular follow-up is still considered important in the early postoperative phase. Increasingly, telemedicine is u...