Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Pathway in Esophagectomy: Is a Reasonable Prediction of Hospital Stay Possible? Parise et al. Ann Surg. 2019 Jul;270(1):77-83. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000002775. What is already known: An oeshophagectomy is probably the surgery with the biggest surgical stress response. It has high rates of morbidity and so patients undergoing this type of operation […]

Accelerated Recovery Within Standardized Recovery Pathways After Esophagectomy: A Prospective Cohort Study Assessing the Effects of Early Discharge on Outcomes, Readmissions, Patient Satisfaction, and Costs. Schmidt HM, El Lakis MA, Markar SR, Hubka M, Low DE. Accelerated Recovery Within Standardized Recovery Pathways After Esophagectomy: A Prospective Cohort Study Assessing the Effects of Early Discharge on […]

Nutrition in peri-operative esophageal cancer management Steenhagen E, van Vulpen JK, van Hillegersberg R, May AM, Siersema. Nutrition in peri-operative esophageal cancer management. Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2017 Jul;11(7):663-672. What is already known: Nutrition is an essential part of a successful ERAS pathway. For oesophageal cancer patients malnutrition is especially common, so this is an […]

ERAS for Lap Gastrectomy  Abdikarim I, Cao XY, Li SZ, Zhao YQ, Taupyk Y, Wang Q. Enhanced recovery after surgery with laparoscopic radical gastrectomy for stomach carcinomas. World J Gastroenterol. 2015 Dec 21;21(47):13339-44. What is already known: The ERAS society guidelines were published in 2014 (link) but there have been limited studies published in this […]