ArticleObesity surgery2025
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Reduces Complications and Length of Stay in Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: A 1,800-Patient Middle Eastern Study.
Article in Obesity surgery, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
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.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
2 citing papers in PubMed.
- The ERAS Era in Bariatric Surgery: A Decade of Transformation.Obesity surgery · 2026Article
- Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) and Surgical Site Infections (SSIs).Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
9 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
introductionEnhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocols have shown benefits in various surgical specialties. However, their impact on metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) outcomes in the Middle East remains understudied, despite the increasing number of MBS in the region. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of implementing an ERAS protocol on patients undergoing primary MBS in a Middle Eastern population. METHODS AND PROCEDURES: We conducted a retrospective analysis from patients undergoing sleeve gastrectomy (SG) or Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) between January 2019 and December 2023. The ERAS protocol was implemented in October 2021. The primary outcomes evaluated were postoperative complications and length of stay (LOS). Mann-Whitney U and Fisher's Exact tests were used to evaluate differences in LOS and rates of serious complications, respectively, between non- and ERAS implementation groups.
resultsA total of 1802 patients were included in the study, with 913 in the non-ERAS group and 889 in the ERAS group. Baseline characteristics showed no significant differences between groups in age (non-ERAS: 35.02 ± 11.20 years vs ERAS: 34.31 ± 11.32 years, p = 0.165) or gender distribution (non-ERAS: 59.15% female vs ERAS: 65.80% female, p = 0.004). Mean preoperative Body Mass Index (BMI) was similar (non-ERAS: 42.75 ± 6.25 kg/m
conclusionERAS protocol significantly reduced major postoperative complications and length of stay in a Middle Eastern population, despite similar baseline characteristics between groups. These findings support the adoption of ERAS protocols in bariatric centers to enhance patient outcomes across the region.
Indexed as
Identifiers
40938515What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.