Anoushka M. Afonso, MD
By Michael Vlessides
Although the benefits of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols have been documented in many surgical settings, use of this strategy for microsurgical breast flap reconstruction has yet to attract sustained research. Now, however, a team of investigators from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), in New York City, has demonstrated that one ERAS protocol significantly reduced opioid consumption and hospital length of stay (LOS)