Optimizing the Surgical Journey: From Abdominal Operation to Recovery
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "General Surgery".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 September 2026 | Viewed by 2
Special Issue Editors
Interests: emergency surgery; mininvasive surgery; robotic surgery; colorectal cancer; adrenal tumor; upper GI functional surgery
Interests: laparoscopic surgery; minimally invasive surgery; abdominal surgery; adrenal gland surgery; general surgery
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue, "Optimizing the Surgical Journey: From Abdominal Operation to Recovery," aims to aggregate cutting-edge research to fundamentally improve patient outcomes following abdominal surgery.
Current research status is largely defined by the success of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocols, which have shown significant benefits in reducing complication rates, shortening hospital stays, and accelerating the return of function. However, core problems persist, including low adherence/implementation to multidisciplinary ERAS protocols in routine practice, particularly in emergency settings, the need for personalized strategies for high-risk patients (e.g., those with critical comorbidities or frailty), and a greater focus on long-term patient-reported outcomes (QoL) beyond hospital discharge.
The scope encompasses the entire perioperative period, inviting submissions on the following topics:
- Prehabilitation: Multimodal interventions (nutritional, exercise, psychological) to boost patient reserve.
- Intraoperative Optimization: Advances in minimally invasive/robotic techniques, anesthesia, and goal-directed fluid/metabolic management.
- Postoperative Care: Innovation in pain control, early mobilization, non-pharmacological recovery strategies, and the importance of clinical comanagement for both elective and emergency surgical procedures and managing post-discharge complications.
The issue seeks to solve the clinical problem of inconsistent recovery by promoting evidence-based, multidisciplinary and technology-supported strategies.
Dr. Alessio Giordano
Dr. Carlo Bergamini
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- surgical complications
- comanagement
- comorbidities
- elective surgical procedure
- emergency surgery procedure
- multidisciplinary approach
- hospitalist
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