Management of Nonoperative Diverticulitis : Is Surgical Admission Always Best?

Background: Institutional pathways (IPs) allow efficient utilization of health care resources. Recent literature reports decreased hospital length of stay (LOS), complications, and costs with the admittance of surgical disease to surgical services. Our study aimed to demonstrate that admission to surgery for nonoperative, acute diverticulitis reduces hospital LOS, and cost, with comparable complication rates.

Enhanced Recovery after Partial and Radical Nephrectomy Reduces Length of Stay, Opioid Use and Cost.

Introduction: Enhanced recovery after surgery pathways are multidisciplinary, multimodal approaches to perioperative care that aim to improve patient outcomes. In this study we evaluate the outcomes of the implementation of enhanced recovery after surgery pathways in patients undergoing nephrectomy.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed comparing patients who underwent renal surgery before vs after implementation of enhanced recovery after surgery pathways.