Enhanced Surgical Recovery

What is enhanced surgical recovery?

We practice Enhanced Surgical Recovery - also known as ESR. Enhanced Surgical Recovery is a proven, research-based partnership in which you have the ability to take a more active role with your clinical care team and help improve your own patient experience and surgical outcomes.

Benefits of ESR

• Eat sooner after surgery
• Shorten hospital stay
• Reduction of nausea
• Faster recovery
• Appropriate management of pain

Partnering with patients to improve outcomes

What do you need to do?

Before your surgery

• Understand pain management and mobility by discussing it thoroughly with your clinical care team
• Set realistic goals with your clinical care team
• Drink water as you would normally

After your surgery

• Move, stand and walk around as much as possible after your surgery
• Communicate your level of pain to the clinical care team on a regular basis
• Revisit your goals with the clinical care team to ensure surgical recovery success