Olle Ljungqvist MD, Tim Batchelor MD, and Jim Coates MD
The 7th ERAS World Congress was held in Liverpool, UK, in early May 2019.
This discussants include:
- Olle Ljungqvist, Professor of Surgery at Örebro University, Sweden, and co-founder and current president of the ERAS® Society.
- Tim Batchelor, a thoracic surgeon from Bristol in the UK and lead author of the recently published ERAS® Society/ESTS guidelines for lung surgery
- Jim Coates, clinical research fellow in cardiothoracic anesthesia and principal investigator of ERAS for heart patients at the James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough, UK.
Topics covered include how to implement an ERAS program for cardiothoracic surgery and the anticipated benefits, with a focus on digital chest drains.
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