A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ERAS (ENHANCED RECOVERY AFTER SURGERY) PATHWAY WITH CONVENTIONAL PROTOCOL IN GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERIES

Abstract

Introduction: Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocol is a novel method of enhancing patient recovery in post gastrointestinal surgery patients.Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) is a multidisciplinary approach, comprehensively designed to improve postoperative outcome. In 1997, a Dutch professor Henrik Kehlet gave the concept of “multimodal approach to control postoperative pathophysiology and rehabilitation”. Colorectal surgery was the first surgical subspecialty where the ERAS pathway was implemented in the year 1999.