Introducing an ERAS programme across a provincial healthcare system. Nelson G, Kiyang LN, Crumley ET, Chuck A, Nguyen T, Faris P, Wasylak T, Basualdo-Hammond C, McKay S, Ljungqvist O, Gramlich LM. Implementation of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Across a ProvincialHealthcare System: The ERAS Alberta Colorectal Surgery Experience. World J Surg. 2016 May;40(5):1092-103. What is already known: […]

A Meta-Analysis: Postoperative Pain Management in Colorectal Surgical Patients and the Effects on Length of Stay in an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Setting. Chemali ME1, Eslick GD. Clin J Pain. 2017 Jan;33(1):87-92. What is already known: Well managed pain relief aims to minimise side-effects and enable the main goals of ERAS to be achieved, including early […]

Do we really need the full compliance with ERAS protocol in laparoscopic colorectal surgery? A prospective cohort study. Pisarska M, Pędziwiatr M, Małczak P, Major P, Ochenduszko S, Zub-Pokrowiecka A, Kulawik J, Budzyński A. Int J Surg. 2016 Dec;36(Pt A):377-382. What is already known: Higher compliance with all the ERAS elements have been shown to […]

The influence of peri-operative factors for accelerated discharge following laparoscopic colorectal surgery when combined with an enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) pathway. Chand M, De’Ath HD, Rasheed S, Mehta C, Bromilow J, Qureshi T. Int J Surg. 2016 Jan;25:59-63. What is already known: The wide-ranging benefits, including reduced hospital length of stay (LoS), of both […]

Impact of mechanical bowel preparation in elective colorectal surgery: a meta-analysis Katie E Rollins, Hannah Javanmard-Emamghissi, Dileep N Lobo.Impact of mechanical bowel preparation in elective colorectal surgery: a meta-analysis. World J Gastroenterol 2018 January 28; 24(4): 519-536 What is already known: Mechanical bowel preparation (MBP) has long been part of surgical dogma; the rationale behind […]