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ERAS HIPEC guidelines now published in European Journal of Surgical Oncology

The ERAS Society is delighted to announce that the “Guidelines for Perioperative Care in Cytoreductive Surgery (CRS) with or without hyperthermic IntraPEritoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC): Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) Society Recommendations” have now been published in 2 parts in the European Journal of Surgical Oncology. The articles are both open access Guidelines for Perioperative Care […]

New Editorial in the BJA from Prof Dileep Lobo and colleagues

In a new editorial in the British Journal of Anaesthesia, Prof Dileep Lobo and colleagues argue that it is time to sit back and rethink about how we view ‘waiting lists’ for elective surgery. The article is titled “Turning ‘waiting lists’ for elective surgery into ‘preparation lists’”. For the full article click here   

COVID-19 update to the ERAS® Interactive Audit System

The ERAS® Interactive Audit System, can now also be used to track your patient’s Covid-19 status. This will be beneficial for surgical teams to keep track of the patient’s Covid-19 status and identify how the patient’s Covid-19 status affects the outcome of care. The selection items are based on the WHO Clinical Coding for Covid-19. […]

First Chinese ERAS Society affiliated hospital

On the 18th August 2020, a Memorandum of Understanding between the ERAS Society and the First University Hospital of Lanzhou China was signed. Prof Li, president of the First University Hospital of Lanzhou signed, along with Prof Olle Ljungqvist and Prof Nicolas Demartines from the ERAS Society. The agreement proceeds the formal implementation of an HPB […]

NEW! Guidelines for Vulvar and Vaginal Surgery: ERAS Society Recommendations

The first collaborative Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society guideline for optimal perioperative care for vulvar and vaginal surgery has recently been published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Congratulations to all of the authors for their roles in producing this valuable work. Click here to access the guidelines.

New editorial on enhanced recovery after Caesarian

Congratulations to Dr Laurent Bollag and Prof Gregg Nelson on their recent editorial titled “Enhanced Recovery After Cesarean (ERAC) – beyond the pain scores” published earlier this month in the International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia. Click here for the article.

The Post COVID-19 Surgical Backlog: Now is the Time to Implement ERAS

Members of the ERAS Society Executive Committee; Prof Olle Ljungqvist, Prof Gregg Nelson, and Prof Nicolas Demartines have just published an editorial in the World Journal of Surgery describing the post COVID-19 surgical backlog and the role ERAS can play in helping to deal with it. Click here to access the article.