• Dai Shida, Kyoko Tagawa, Hidemasa Takahashi, Takeo Suzuki, and Satoru Inoue.
• Department of Surgery, Metropolitan Bokutoh Hospital, Tokyo 130-8575.
• Masui. 2011 Dec 1;60(12):1411-5.

BackgroundEnhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols aim to improve patient care, reducing complication rates, and shortening hospital stay following colorectal surgery in Europe. In cooperation of colorectal surgeons and anesthesiologists, ERAS protocols were initially introduced in our hospital to the patients who underwent open colorectal resection in July 2010.MethodsUsing a questionnaire, we surveyed the change of surgeons' opinion against anesthesiologists after introduction of ERAS among 15 surgeons at Metropolitan Bokutoh hospital.ResultsSurgeons realized that introduction of ERAS made strong communication between surgeons and anesthesiologists. And they also thought it is not surgeons themselves nor anesthesiologists themselves but 'team care' which could produce positive outcome of ERAS.ConclusionsIntroduction of ERAS as collaboration of surgeons and anesthesiologists resulted in facilitating communication of surgeons and anesthesiologists.

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