Surgery
Volume 147, Issue 2 , Pages 219-226 , February 2010

Fast-track surgery after laparoscopic colorectal surgery: Is it feasible in a general surgery unit?

  • Marco Scatizzi, MD

      Affiliations

    • General Surgery Unit, Misericordia e Dolce Hospital, Prato, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Francesco Feroci, MD, General Surgery Unit, Misericordia e Dolce Hospital, Piazza dell'Ospedale 5, 59100 Prato, Italy.
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  • Katrin C. Kröning, MD

      Affiliations

    • General Surgery Unit, Misericordia e Dolce Hospital, Prato, Italy
    • ,
  • Vieri Boddi, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
    • ,
  • Marco De Prizio, MD

      Affiliations

    • General Surgery Unit, San Donato Hospital, Arezzo, Italy
    • ,
  • Francesco Feroci, MD

      Affiliations

    • General Surgery Unit, Misericordia e Dolce Hospital, Prato, Italy

,Accepted 29 September 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2009.09.035

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