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Head of Section for Surgical Pathophysiology Rigshospitalet Copenhagen, Denmark
Prof. Henrik Kehlet reflects on the progress of fast-track surgery and the need for multidisciplinary teamwork in optimising perioperative care. You are the “father” of fast-track surgery. What motivated you to develop this concept? It all started when I was a young surgeon and had to perform some major operations. The technical aspects of surgery went well, but patients developed
READ MOREHead of Section for Surgical Pathophysiology - Rigshospitalet Copenhagen, Denmark If you don’t have data, you cannot manage it. What would you single out as a career highlight? Probably the publication in the Lancet, in 1995 about 8 patients. That was the big eye opener for people. It was not high science, because it was only a few patients, but we showed
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The pro cedure spec ific postoperative pain managemen t (PROSPECT) initiative provides evidence-based procedure-specific guidelines for postoperative pain management . This
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