ReviewMethodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal
The Benefits of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Programs and Their Application in Cardiothoracic Surgery.
Review in Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 69 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Does Bilateral Continuous Peri Operative Erector Spinae Plane Block Improve The Enhanced Recovery Program After Open Heart Surgeries in Adults?
Evaluation of an Enhanced Recovery Pathway for Endoscopy Patients Receiving Moderate Sedation
Effects of Early Oral Diet After Cardiac Surgery: an Open Label Randomized Controlled Trial
Who cites it
69 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Safety Outcomes in Same-Day Discharge Anastomotic Metabolic/Bariatric Surgery vs Regular Overnight Discharge Protocol: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Obesity surgery · 2025Pooled it
- Enhanced Recovery After Cardiac Surgery for Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery: A Systematic Review of Key Elements and Advancements.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Pooled it
- Impacts of enhanced recovery after surgery nursing interventions on wound infection and complications following bladder cancer surgery: A meta-analysis.International wound journal · 2024Pooled it
- Impact of enhanced recovery after surgery protocols on surgical site wound infection rates in urological procedures.International wound journal · 2024Pooled it
- Evaluating Implementation Costs of an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Protocol in Colorectal Surgery: A Systematic Review.World journal of surgery · 2023Pooled it
- Enhanced Recovery Care vs. Traditional Care in Laparoscopic Hepatectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in surgery · 2022Pooled it
- Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS): a meta-analysis and systematic review.Spine deformity · 2021Pooled it
- Oncologic and long-term outcomes of enhanced recovery after surgery in cancer surgeries - a systematic review.World journal of surgical oncology · 2021Pooled it
- C-reactive protein can predict anastomotic leak in colorectal surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of colorectal disease · 2021Pooled it
- Pathway for enhanced recovery after spinal surgery-a systematic review of evidence for use of individual components.BMC anesthesiology · 2021Pooled it
- Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Reduces Hospital Costs and Improve Clinical Outcomes in Liver Surgery: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2020Pooled it
- The perioperative effect of ERAS protocol in patients with lung cancer: a randomized controlled study.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2026Trial
- Early mobilization in postoperative glioma patients real world impact on recovery and long term prognosis.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Minimally invasive lung surgery with an intraoperative completely or partially tubeless protocol: randomized clinical trial.BJS open · 2024Trial
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- Effects of ultrasound-guided erector spinae plane block on postoperative acute pain and chronic post-surgical pain in patients underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy: a prospective randomized, controlled trial.BMC anesthesiology · 2023Trial
- Safety of exercise after pulmonary endarterectomy: a systematic review.ERJ open research · 2026Article
- Global trends and research hotspots in enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) for lung cancer resection: a bibliometric and visual analysis (2010-2025).Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Article
- Cardiothoracic Transplant Surgery and Enhanced Recovery: Recent Advances and Perspectives.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Enhanced recovery after surgery nursing improves postoperative outcomes in laparoscopic radical nephrectomy: a cumulative meta-analysis.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Review
9 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
The perioperative care of the surgical patient is undergoing a paradigm shift. Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) programs are becoming the standard of care and best practice in many surgical specialties throughout the world. ERAS is a multimodal, multidisciplinary, evidence-based approach to care of the surgical patient that aims to optimize perioperative management and outcomes. Implementation, however, has been slow because it challenges traditional surgical doctrine. The key elements of ERAS Pathways strive to reduce the response to surgical stress, decrease insulin resistance, and maintain anabolic homeostasis to help the patient return to baseline function more quickly. Data suggest that these pathways have produced not only improvements in clinical outcome and quality of care but also significant cost savings. Large trials reveal an increase in 5-year survival and a decrease in immediate complication rates when strict compliance is maintained with all pathway components. Years of success using ERAS in colorectal surgery have helped to establish a body of evidence through a number of randomized controlled trials that encourage application of these pathways in other surgical specialties.
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