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.
Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, University Hospital Northern Norway, 9038 Tromsø, Norway. lassen@unn.no
Kristoffer
K
Lassen
Mattias
M
Soop
Jonas
J
Nygren
P Boris W
PB
Cox
Paul O
PO
Hendry
Claudia
C
Spies
Maarten F
MF
von Meyenfeldt
Kenneth C H
KC
Fearon
Arthur
A
Revhaug
Stig
S
Norderval
Olle
O
Ljungqvist
Dileep N
DN
Lobo
Cornelis H C
CH
Dejong
D002985:Clinical Protocols; D003106:Colon / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D019990:Perioperative Care; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012007:Rectum / Q000601:surgery*