Enhanced Recovery in Thoracic Surgery: A Review.

The main goal of enhanced recovery program after thoracic surgery is to minimize stress response, reduce postoperative pulmonary complications, and improve patient outcome, which will in addition decrease hospital stay and reduce hospital costs. As minimally invasive technique, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery represents an important element of enhanced recovery program in thoracic surgery. Anesthetic management during preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative period is essential for the enhanced recovery.

The analysis of limbs acute ischemia during seasons on the territory of South Serbia.

The aim of this study was to examine the seasons variations in incidence of limbs acute ischemia (LAI) as well as the connection between seasons with location of LAI, old age and gender. During the three year period between January 2009 and December 2011, at the Clinic for Vascular Surgery, Clinical Center of Nis, Serbia, 167 patients were hospitalized diagnosed with limbs acute ischemia. There was no statistically significant difference in patients distribution with LAI compared with seasons (p=0.