What is Accelerated Rehabilitation Surgery?

  Accelerated rehabilitation surgery can effectively speed up patients’ recovery and shorten hospitalization time, which not only reduces the chance of medical-borne infection, but also has the following two implications: first, the shortened postoperative hospitalization time and faster bed turnover not only contribute to the reduction of medical costs, but also improve the utilization of health resources; second, the intraoperative use of general anesthesia combined with epidural anesthesia and the rapid recovery of patients after surgery make Second, the use of general anesthesia combined with epidural anesthesia during surgery and the rapid postoperative recovery of the patient will significantly reduce the amount of anesthesia and postoperative treatment costs, and the shortened hospitalization time will also directly and indirectly reduce the economic burden of patients and their families. It should be noted that the ultimate goal of accelerated rehabilitation surgery is not to shorten the hospital stay, but to speed up the patient’s recovery, which requires the following points from the physicians and nursing staff: they must have strict training for accelerated rehabilitation surgery, strictly implement the FTS concept during the perioperative period, effectively communicate with the patient, and actively encourage the patient after surgery.