A hospital-to-home evaluation of an enhanced recovery protocol for elective pancreaticoduodenectomy in China

Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) programs have been shown to decrease postoperative complications and hospital stay in pancreaticoduodenectomy. However, no studies concerned recovery after discharge except readmission. This study evaluated an ERAS program for pancreaticoduodenectomy from hospital to home. A prospective ERAS cohort undergoing elective pancreaticoduodenectomy was compared with a retrospective control group in terms of...