Enhanced Recovery After Surgery: Guidelines and Implementation Methods
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "General Surgery".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2026 | Viewed by 214
Special Issue Editors
2. Centro di Ricerca in Chirurgia delle Ghiandole Endocrine e dell'Obesità, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
Interests: personalized medicine; surgical outcomes; endocrine surgery; bariatric surgery; policy development; health technology assessment
Interests: colorectal diseases; colorectal cancer; gastrointestinal diseases; anorectal disorders; functional defecation disorders; anal fistula; hemorrhoidal disease; inflammatory bowel diseases
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite authors to contribute to a forthcoming Special Issue dedicated to Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS), with a central focus on the development, implementation, and optimization of ERAS guidelines in patient perioperative care. ERAS represents a paradigm shift toward an evidence-based, standardized, and patient-centered approach to perioperative care that improves surgical outcomes and patient recovery, while optimizing healthcare resources; however, persistent variability in implementation across health care systems emphasizes the need for continued evaluation and refinement of ERAS guidelines.
Therefore, this Special Issue invites contributions that address the real-world implementation of ERAS protocols, with particular emphasis on adherence, practical challenges, and enabling factors influencing adoption across diverse surgical specialties and healthcare systems.
Equally important is the emphasis on patient-centered care within ERAS pathways. This Special Issue also highlights the role of innovative technologies and digital health solutions in advancing ERAS, inviting contributions on artificial intelligence, predictive analytics, robotics, and digital tools to enhance adherence, decision-making, and personalized recovery.
Finally, this Special Issue welcomes diverse contributions evaluating the clinical effectiveness and quality of ERAS through outcome metrics and quality indicators, with the aim of advancing knowledge, identifying research gaps, and shaping the future of enhanced recovery pathways globally.
Dr. Ilda Hoxhaj
Dr. Ugo Grossi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS)
- surgical outcomes
- perioperative care
- clinical guidelines
- patient-centered care
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