Abeles A, Kwasnicki RM, Darzi A. Enhanced recovery after surgery: Current research insights and future direction. World J Gastrointest Surg 2017; 9(2): 37-45 [PMID: 28289508 DOI: 10.4240/wjgs.v9.i2.37]
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Dr. Richard Mark Kwasnicki, Department of Surgery and Cancer, St Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College London, 10th Floor QEQM Building, Praed Street, London W2 1NY, United Kingdom. rmk107@imperial.ac.uk
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Surgery
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Minireviews
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World J Gastrointest Surg. Feb 27, 2017; 9(2): 37-45 Published online Feb 27, 2017. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v9.i2.37
Enhanced recovery after surgery: Current research insights and future direction
Aliza Abeles, Richard Mark Kwasnicki, Ara Darzi
Aliza Abeles, Richard Mark Kwasnicki, Ara Darzi, Department of Surgery and Cancer, St Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College London, London W2 1NY, United Kingdom
Author contributions: Abeles A and Kwasnicki RM analysed the literature and wrote the manuscript; Darzi A reviewed and edited the manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors have no conflict of interest for this article.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Dr. Richard Mark Kwasnicki, Department of Surgery and Cancer, St Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College London, 10th Floor QEQM Building, Praed Street, London W2 1NY, United Kingdom. rmk107@imperial.ac.uk
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Received: July 4, 2016 Peer-review started: July 12, 2016 First decision: August 11, 2016 Revised: September 14, 2016 Accepted: November 1, 2016 Article in press: November 2, 2016 Published online: February 27, 2017
Core Tip
Core tip: Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) together with laparoscopic surgery improves clinical outcomes in patients post-operatively. Prehabilitation is gaining evidence as a further method of enhancing post-operative recovery. Pre-operative programmes to improve physical function have been used and we review this early literature as well as some current issues within ERAS. Technology, which is already in use in the peri-operative period for interventions and monitoring could be used to further complement ERAS. Small, non-invasive devices which can monitor activity levels could help monitor compliance and post-operative patient activity levels as well as act as an intervention to encourage patients to increase their physical activity and thereby their post-operative outcomes.
