Clinical pathway for thoracic surgery in an Italian centre.

J Thorac Dis

1 Division of Thoracic Surgery, Ospedali Riuniti Ancona, Ancona, Italy ; 2 Section of Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Ospedali Riuniti Ancona, Ancona, Italy ; 3 Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Ospedali Riuniti Ancona, Ancona, Italy.

Published: February 2016

Clinical care pathways are developed to standardize postoperative patient care and the main impetus is to improve quality of care, decrease variation in care and reduce costs. We report the clinical pathway of care adopted at our centre since the introduction of Uniportal VATS program for major lung resections.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2015.12.34DOI Listing

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