Dear Editor
We would like to thank Shen et al. for their interest in our study1 and their comments on our results. Although reduction of length of hospital stay is one of the goals of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS), focus should be on faster achievement of accepted discharge criteria rather than the length itself. Another focus of ERAS is to enhance post-discharge recovery, but still with limited evidence.
Contributor Information
Henrik Kehlet, Section of Surgical Pathophysiology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Lin Huang, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
René Horsleben Petersen, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Reference
- 1. Huang L, Kehlet H, Petersen RH. Reasons for staying in hospital after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy. BJS Open 2022;6:zrac050 [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]