Guidelines for perioperative care in elective colonic surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) Society recommendations

Clin Nutr. 2012 Dec;31(6):783-800. doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2012.08.013. Epub 2012 Sep 28.

Abstract

Background: This review aims to present a consensus for optimal perioperative care in colonic surgery and to provide graded recommendations for items for an evidenced-based enhanced perioperative protocol.

Methods: Studies were selected with particular attention paid to meta-analyses, randomised controlled trials and large prospective cohorts. For each item of the perioperative treatment pathway, available English-language literature was examined, reviewed and graded. A consensus recommendation was reached after critical appraisal of the literature by the group.

Results: For most of the protocol items, recommendations are based on good-quality trials or meta-analyses of good-quality trials (quality of evidence and recommendations according to the GRADE system).

Conclusions: Based on the evidence available for each item of the multimodal perioperative-care pathway, the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society, International Association for Surgical Metabolism and Nutrition (IASMEN) and European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) present a comprehensive evidence-based consensus review of perioperative care for colonic surgery.

Publication types

  • Practice Guideline
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Colon / surgery*
  • Consensus
  • Digestive System Surgical Procedures / methods*
  • Elective Surgical Procedures / methods*
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Humans
  • Length of Stay
  • Meta-Analysis as Topic
  • Perioperative Care / methods*
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
  • Treatment Outcome