Brooke Vuong, MD
Dallas—Surgical home recovery allows patients to recuperate in a familiar environment, lowers their risk for hospital-acquired infections, and optimizes hospital resources for higher-risk patients. A recent study carried out in a large integrated health delivery system showed home recovery after mastectomy to be beneficial in many ways.
“With the success of enhanced recovery after surgery [ERAS] protocols in other surgical subspecialties, there’s a continued