Enhanced Recovery after Surgery

Editors: Dr. Ryoji Fukushima, Department of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan Dr. Masaki Kaibori, Department of Surgery, Hirakata Hospital, Kansai Medical University, Osaka,Japan

Part I-Introduction.- ESSENSE Project for Patient's Sound Recovery.- Part II-Mitigative Methods for Biological Invasive Reaction.- Minimizing the Length of the Preoperative Fasting Period to Prevent Stress and Dehydration.- Preoperative Bowel Preparation in ERAS Program: Would-be Merits or Demerits.- Objective and quantitative assessment of postoperative pain in digestive surgery.- Part III-Early Independence of Physical Activity.- Pros and Cons of Abdominal Drain in Digestive Surgery.- Avoiding gut starvation is key to early recovery after surgery.- Part IV-Reduction of Perioperative Anxiety and Excitation of Recovery Will.- Reduction of Perioperative Anxiety before Surgery and to Incentives to Get Well by Patients Themselves.- Perioperative Management for Early Recovery after Esophageal Cancer Surgery.- ERAS for gastric surgery.- Negative effects of mechanical bowel preparation on the postoperative intestinal motility of patients with colorectal cancer.- Enhanced recovery after surgery program for patients undergoing resection of hepatocellular carcinoma.- Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) for Postoperative Pediatric Surgical Disorders.- Enhanced Recovery (Fast-track) after Cardiac and Vascular Surgery.- ERAS in the respiratory surgery.