Background: Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) program is widely used because its advantage in reducing the length of hospital stay (LOS) and morbidity rate. Patients have suffered great benefits in colonic surgery, gastric cancer surgery and liver surgery. But in pancreatic surgery, the efficacy of ERAS program remains controversial. This study aimed to gain a current, comprehensive pictur...

To assess the safety and efficacy of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) as compared with the traditional care in patients undergoing liver surgery and optimization of enhanced recovery programs.Literature, until August 2016, was searched to identify the comparative studies evaluating preoperative hospital stay time, complications, and C-reactive protein (CRP). Pooled odds ratios (OR) or wei...

Results Mean post-operative length of stay was significantly reduced in the ERAS group, 4.05 (SD 1.43) days compared to 5.4 (SD 1.17) days in the non-ERAS group (p = 0.003). There were no hospital or Intensive Care Unit (ICU) readmissions in either group. Mean ICU length of stay was 1 night in both groups. There was no mortality in either group. The rate of re-operation for bleeding was slightl...

As is detailed elsewhere in this issue, enhanced recovery pathways integrate evidence-based best practices across the spectrum of perioperative care. Although interventions in the operating room and in the postoperative ward are important for improving postoperative outcomes in enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS®) pathways, an ERAS® approach for preoperative care is equally important for ach...

This paper presents the findings from an exploratory in-depth case study with regard to eReverse Auctions (eRAs) in the UK public sector. These findings highlight that eRAs can improve procurement processes, realise cost savings and reduce delivery times. The research also notes that eRAs can produce dis-benefits, including poor buyer and supplier relationships and social implications. The pape...

There is significant support for exposure therapy as an effective treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) across a variety of populations, including veterans; however, there is little empirical information regarding how veterans of different war theaters respond to exposure therapy. Accordingly, questions remain regarding therapy effectiveness for treatment of PTSD for veterans of di...

AIM To evaluate the safety and feasibility of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) for total laparoscopic uncut Roux-en-Y gastrojejunostomy after distal gastrectomy. METHODS The clinical data of 42 patients who were divided into an ERAS group (n = 20) and a control group (n = 22) were collected. The observed indicators included operation conditions, postoperative clinical indexes, and posto...