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Congratulations to Prof Mary Brindle and colleagues on their new publication. The article compares the differences between enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS), perioperative surgical home and fast-track surgery. It explains the various components of an ERAS protocol in paediatrics, and proposes future directions for multidisciplinary paediatric standardised care protocols. Click here to access the article.

As JAMA Surgery celebrates 100 years in publication, it has recently announced some important milestones Impact Factor of 13.6, the highest ranking surgery journal in the world Reaching nearly 100,000 readers each week via email alerts and social media More than 8.3 million annual article views and downloads More than 7,500 media mentions in 2019 […]

There is an open call for papers focussing on Nursing and Allied Health Professional research in ERAS. The journal Medicina has an open Special Issue titled “Nursing and Allied Health Professional Focused Research on Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS)”. It is calling for articles that highlight the innovative work undertaken by nurses and allied health […]

Brief summary: After including the results of two recent randomised controlled trials, this updated meta-analysis suggests that oral antibiotics alone or a combination of mechanical bowel preparation and oral antibiotics is superior to no bowel preparation in patients undergoing colorectal surgery when surgical site infection and anastomotic leak rates are considered. The article is available […]

Professor Olle Ljungqvist joined colleagues at the National Nordic Museum’s “Nordic Innovation Summit 2020 presented by Ericsson”,  a virtual event held on May 14, 2020, to talk about ERAS. There is a link below to watch the session  

The organizers of the 2020 Joint Congress of ERAS Society and ERAS USA have been closely monitoring updates and recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and from the World Health Organization (WHO).  We have also been actively following travel advisories and restrictions placed on hospitals and institutions, and stay-at-home orders in countries around the […]

Congratulations to Dr. Brindle and colleagues on the recent publication of the “Consensus Guidelines for Perioperative Care in Neonatal Intestinal Surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) Society Recommendations”. The paper has been published open access in the World Journal of Surgery, and is available here.

Webinar on Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS): Medical education engagement to support safe prescribing for patients needing surgery This webinar, which included prominent ERAS leaders including ERAS® USA President-Elect Dr. Michael Scott and ERAS® USA Past President Dr. Tonia Young-Fadok, was designed for health care leaders to learn about the National Drug Control Strategy and […]

The COVID-19 pandemic is sweeping across the world and affecting all of us gravely. It impacts upon surgical practice substantially by necessitating cancellation or postponement of the majority of elective operations to create capacity for the management of patients in need of treatment for COVID-19. Several countries, surgical societies, national associations and journals have published […]