Current Status of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery in China.

Author: Zhiwei JIANG ¹ ; Jieshou LI
Author Information

1. Reasearch Institute of General Surgery, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing 210002, China. surgery34@163.com.
Publication Type:Journal Article
MeSH: China; Digestive System Surgical Procedures; Humans; Length of Stay
From: Chinese Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery 2016;19(3):246-249
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: ERAS (enhanced recovery after surgery) has made significant progress since it was first introduced into China a decade ago. Series of studies on ERAS has been carried out in Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University, and brought out many exciting achievements for gastrointestinal cancer surgery. Merely in the year of 2015, advance in ERAS has been achieved in China. The first ERAS Group in China was founded. The first China ERAS Congress was inaugurated in 2015, publishing several Chinese Experts consensuses on ERAS clinical practice. All these show that ERAS are gradually brought to the attention of the Chinese surgeons and their active participation. It is believed that ERAS will have a promising future in China.