Minor laparoscopic liver resection: toward 1-day surgery? de’Angelis N, Menahem B, Compagnon P, Merle JC, Brunetti F, Luciani A, Cherqui D, Laurent A. Surg Endosc. 2017 Nov;31(11):4458-4465 What is already known: Twenty-four hour stays have been reported in specialities such as colorectal, robotic gynaecology surgery and even robotic prostate surgery. Liver surgery however has traditionally always […]

Effects of multimodal fast-track surgery on liver transplantation outcomes Rao JH, Zhang F, Lu H, Dai XZ, Zhang CY, Qian XF, Wang XH, Lu L. Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis Int. 2017 Aug 15;16(4):364-369 What is already known: Originally starting with colorectal surgery, ERAS protocols now exist for a huge number of different specialities and procedures. Liver […]

Detours on the Road to Recovery: What Factors Delay Readiness to Return to Intended Oncologic Therapy (RIOT) After Liver Resection for Malignancy? Lillemoe HA et al. Detours on the Road to Recovery: What Factors Delay Readiness to Return to Intended Oncologic Therapy (RIOT) After Liver Resection for Malignancy? J Gastrointest Surg. 2019 Dec;23(12):2362-2371. What is […]

Enhanced Recovery Pathways in Pancreatic Surgery Barton JG. Enhanced Recovery Pathways in Pancreatic Surgery. Surg Clin North Am. 2016 Dec;96(6):1301-1312. What is already known: Mortality in pancreatic surgery has improved dramatically over the past number of years, from 25% in the 1970’s to only 2% in high-volume centres. Morbidity however remains in excess of 40%. […]

The economics of recovery after pancreatic surgery: detailed cost minimization analysis of an enhanced recovery program. HPB (Oxford). 2017 Nov;19(11):1026-1033.  What is already known: There have been quite a few successful published programmes for pancreatic surgery as well as published ERAS guidelines. But less is known about the economic benefits of these programmes. What this […]

Continuous wound infiltration versus epidural analgesia after hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery (POP-UP): a randomised controlled, open-label, non-inferiority trial Mungroop TH, Veelo DP, Busch OR, van Dieren S, van Gulik TM, Karsten TM, de Castro SM, Godfried MB, Thiel B, Hollmann MW, Lirk P, Besselink MG. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2016 Oct;1(2):105-113 What is already known: Epidural analgesia has […]

Enhanced Recovery Deviation and Failure After Pancreaticoduodenectomy: Causative  Factors and Impact. Tankel J et al. Enhanced Recovery Deviation and Failure After Pancreaticoduodenectomy: Causative Factors and Impact. Surg Res. 2020 Jan;245:569-576. What is already known: ERAS for pancreaticoduodenectomy has been around for a while. The ERAS society first published guidelines in 2012 and then updated in […]

ERAS for elderly patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy Partelli S, Crippa S, Castagnani R, Ruffo G, Marmorale C, Franconi AM, De Angelis C, Falconi M. Evaluation of an enhanced recovery protocol after pancreaticoduodenectomy in elderly patients. HPB (Oxford). 2016 Feb;18(2):153-8. What is already known: ERAS society guidelines exist for major pancreatic resections (link), and this study aims to study […]

How does implementing an ERAS program in one speciality affect other specialities? Labgaa I, Jarrar G, Joliat GR, Allemann P, Gander S, Blanc C, Hübner M, Demartines N. Implementation of Enhanced Recovery (ERAS) in Colorectal Surgery Has a PositiveImpact on Non-ERAS Liver Surgery Patients. World J Surg. 2016 May;40(5):1082-91. What is already known: The majority of ERAS […]