Consensus review of optimal perioperative care in colorectal surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Group recommendations.
OBJECTIVE
To describe a consensus review of optimal perioperative care in colorectal surgery and to provide consensus recommendations for each item of an evidence-based protocol for optimal perioperative care.


METHODS
For every item of the perioperative treatment pathway, available English-language literature has been examined.


METHODS
Particular attention was paid to meta-analyses, randomized controlled trials, and systematic reviews.


METHODS
A consensus recommendation for each protocol item was reached after critical appraisal of the literature by the group.


RESULTS
For most protocol items, recommendations are based on good-quality trials or meta-analyses of such trials.


CONCLUSIONS
The Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Group presents a comprehensive evidence-based consensus review of perioperative care for colorectal surgery. It is based on the evidence available for each element of the multimodal perioperative care pathway.
Lassen
Kristoffer
K
Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, University Hospital Northern Norway, 9038 Tromsø, Norway. lassen@unn.no
Soop
Mattias
M
Nygren
Jonas
J
Cox
P Boris W
PB
Hendry
Paul O
PO
Spies
Claudia
C
von Meyenfeldt
Maarten F
MF
Fearon
Kenneth C H
KC
Revhaug
Arthur
A
Norderval
Stig
S
Ljungqvist
Olle
O
Lobo
Dileep N
DN
Dejong
Cornelis H C
CH
D002985:Clinical Protocols; D003106:Colon / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D019990:Perioperative Care; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012007:Rectum / Q000601:surgery*