Fast-track hip and knee arthroplasty

Fast-track surgery or enhanced postoperative recovery programmes have evolved during the past 15 years and have proven effective across a range of procedures in terms of reductions in length of hospital stay, morbidity, and convalescence, without an increase in readmission rates or safety issues.

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Most data have come from colorectal procedures, including physiological data for preservation of muscle mass and function and cardiopulmonary response to exercise.

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