JUNE 19, 2018

Pancreaticoduodenectomy Enhanced Recovery Program Reduces Opioid Use

Fort Lauderdale, Fla.—A fully integrated multidisciplinary enhanced recovery program for pancreaticoduodenectomy patients significantly reduced postoperative opioid use and facilitated the transition from parenteral to oral analgesia after the procedure.

Presenting findings from their retrospective review at the 2018 annual meeting of the American Society for Enhanced Recovery (abstract 16), Neil Seeley, MD, the chief of the Division of Anesthesia and medical director of anesthesiology at