• Kristoffer Lassen, Mattias Soop, Jonas Nygren, P Boris W Cox, Paul O Hendry, Claudia Spies, Maarten F von Meyenfeldt, Kenneth C H Fearon, Arthur Revhaug, Stig Norderval, Olle Ljungqvist, Dileep N Lobo, Cornelis H C Dejong, and Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Group.
• Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, University Hospital Northern Norway, 9038 Tromsø, Norway. lassen@unn.no
• Arch Surg. 2009 Oct 1;144(10):961-9.

ObjectivesTo 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.Data SourcesFor every item of the perioperative treatment pathway, available English-language literature has been examined.Study SelectionParticular attention was paid to meta-analyses, randomized controlled trials, and systematic reviews.Data ExtractionA consensus recommendation for each protocol item was reached after critical appraisal of the literature by the group.Data SynthesisFor most protocol items, recommendations are based on good-quality trials or meta-analyses of such trials.ConclusionsThe 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.

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