The mean values of the EQ VAS also show a deterioration in the state of health at the time of discharge with a positive trend towards recovery in the four-week follow-up.
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Patient-Reported Outcome and Experience Measures (PROM/PREM) in Patients Undergoing Liver Surgery with Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS<sup>®</sup>): An Exploratory Study.
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A possible trend resulting from the descriptive analysis of the EQ VAS data at the three survey time points based on the calculated mean values (74.6% vs. 69.7% vs. 74.2%) has no statistical significance due to the limited sample size.
Nevertheless, a slight trend of the effect of structured treatment according to the ERAS ® pathway on reduction in LOS as described in the literature [ 17 , 19 ] is already visible.