Perioperative Medicine at the Crossroads of Precision Surgery: Redefining Risk, Recovery, and Outcomes in Modern Surgical Practice
Keywords:
Perioperative Medicine, Enhanced Recovery After Surgery, Artificial Intelligence, Risk Assessment, Biomarkers, Postoperative ComplicationsAbstract
Perioperative medicine is undergoing a paradigm shift from the supportive role in surgery care to a data-driven, patient-centric specialty poised to define the future of precision surgery. This editorial explores this evolution, examining the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in risk prediction, the use of multi-omics markers in personalization, and the maturation of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocols. It further addresses issues such as data disaggregation, bias in algorithms and implementation costs, which pose a risk to the equitable progress. In conclusion, it suggest that the future of surgical outcomes depends on redefining the perioperative risk and recovery in the molecular and digital precision.
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