Abstract Background This is Part 2 of the first consensus guidelines for optimal care of
patients undergoing emergency laparotomy (EL) using an Enhanced Recovery After …

Objectives To evaluate enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols in emergency
abdominal surgery. Methods The electronic data sources were explored to capture all …

Importance A comprehensive review of the evidence exploring the outcomes of enhanced
recovery after surgery (ERAS) guidelines has not been completed. Objective To evaluate if …

Background Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocols reduce length of stay,
complications and costs for a large number of elective surgical procedures. A similar …

Many countries are facing an aging population. As people live longer, surgeons face the
prospect of operating on increasingly older patients. Traditional teaching is that with older …

Enhanced perioperative care protocols become the standard of care in elective surgery with
a significant improvement in patients' outcome. The key element of the enhanced …

Background Previous observational studies have demonstrated the safety of discharging
patients after laparoscopic appendectomy within the same day without hospitalization. The …

Background Emergency laparotomy for small bowel pathologies comprises a significant
number of all emergency surgeries. Application of evidence-based adapted enhanced …

Introduction ERAS pathway has been proposed as the standard of care in elective
abdominal surgery. Guidelines on ERAS in emergency surgery have been recently …

Background Several studies have investigated the efficacy of enhanced recovery programs
in patients undergoing gastrectomy. The role of prehabilitation in these programs has not …