Manual of Fast Track Recovery for Colorectal Surgery

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Overview: Key Elements and the Impact of Enhanced Recovery Care

   • Kenneth C. H. Fearon

   Pages 1-13

3. Preoperative Optimisation and Conditioning of Expectations

   • John T. Jenkins, Jennie L. Burch

   Pages 15-35

4. The Metabolic Stress Response and Enhanced Recovery

   • Olle Ljungqvist

   Pages 37-47

5. Anaesthetic Contributions in Enhanced Recovery

   • Monty G. Mythen, Michael Scott

   Pages 49-72

6. Perioperative Fluid Management in Enhanced Recovery

   • Krishna K. Varadhan, Dileep N. Lobo

   Pages 73-93

7. Pain Control After Surgery

   • William J. Fawcett

   Pages 95-109

8. Colorectal Surgery and Enhanced Recovery

   • Matthew G. Tutton, N. Julian H. Sturt, Alan F. Horgan

   Pages 111-129

9. Setting Up an Enhanced Recovery Programme

   • Fiona Carter, Robin H. Kennedy

   Pages 131-142

10. The Role of the Enhanced Recovery Facilitator

    • Jane P. Bradley Hendricks, Fiona Carter

    Pages 143-158

11. Success and Failure in Colorectal Enhanced Recovery

    • Nader Francis, Andrew Allison, Jonathan Ockrim

    Pages 159-170

12. Data Collection and Audit

    • Jonas O. M. Nygren, Olle Ljungqvist

    Pages 171-175

13. Back Matter

    Pages 177-181

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Manual of Fast Track Recovery for Colorectal Surgery provides a broad overview on enhanced recovery, with expert opinions from leaders in the field regarding elements of enhanced recovery care that are generic and specific to colorectal surgery.
This book covers the patient journey through such a programme, commencing with optimisation of the patient’s condition, patient education and conditioning of their expectations. Manual of Fast Track Recovery for Colorectal Surgery investigates the metabolic response to surgery, anaesthetic contributions and optimal fluid management, after surgery. It also details examples of enhanced recovery pathways and  practical tips on post-operative pain control, feeding, mobilisation and criteria for discharge.
Manual of Fast Track Recovery for Colorectal Surgery is a valuable reference tool for colorectal surgeons, anaesthetists, ward nurses and other members of the team involved in perioperative care: pain control specialists, physiotherapists, dietitians, specialist therapists (such as colorectal and stoma nurses), and outpatient nurses.

• Colorectal
• Enhanced Recovery

• Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation, Yeovil, United Kingdom

  Nader Francis

• St Mark's Hospital, Harrow, United Kingdom

  Robin H. Kennedy

• Department of Surgery, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro, Sweden

  Olle Ljungqvist

• University College of London, WC1E 6, United Kingdom

  Monty G. Mythen

Nader Francis, MBChB, FRCS, PhD is lead colorectal surgeon at Yeovil District Hospital, where fast track colorectal surgery was first introduced within the UK. He holds a PhD in laparoscopic surgery skills which he studied for under Sir Alfred Cuschieri. Robin Kennedy, FRCS is a consultant surgeon at St. Mark’s Hospital, a national and international referral centre for intestinal and colorectal disorders. Here, he teaches and co-ordinates research on laparoscopic colorectal surgery and Enhanced Recovery Care. He spent 14 years between 1992 and 2006 at Yeovil District Hospital, where his research and clinical interests increasingly focused on how the application of laparoscopic and endoscopic techniques could improve outcomes of gastrointestinal disease. This coupled with the use of Enhanced Recovery Programmes has resulted in various publications and receipt of the Health and Social Care Award ‘Hospital Doctor of the Year’ in 2004.

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