Table 1.

a. Schedule for elective patients. b. Schedule for emergency patients.

A. ELECTIVE PATIENTS
TIME (DAYS)	>–1 DAY	–DAY1	0	+X UNTIL DISCHARGE	+30D
Visit	Screening		OP	In hospital stay	Telephone contact (or review of chart/contact with treatment team in case of ongoing hospitalization)
oral and written general consent in outpatient clinic or at admission	+	+	+
check inclusion-/exclusion criteria	+
Record preop parameters		+
Record intraop parameters			+
Record postop parameters until discharge				+
Telephone contact for post discharge complications					+
B. EMERGENCY PATIENTS
TIME (DAYS)		0	1–4	+x until discharge	+30D
Visit		OP		In hospital stay	Telephone contact (or review of chart/contact with treatment team in case of ongoing hospitalization)
oral and written general consent at admission or in case of urgent cases postoperatively		+	+
check inclusion-/exclusion criteria			+
Record preop parameters		+
Record intraop parameters		+
Record postop parameters until discharge				+
Telephone contact for post discharge complications					+