Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (IMAGE)

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery

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Penn Medicine researchers found that when an ERAS protocol was employed--which optimizes patients' surgical care before, during, and after surgery--fewer patients needed pain medications at one, three, and six months after surgery.

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Penn Medicine

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