Perioperative optimisation in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs): A systematic review and meta-analysis of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS)

Surgery is a physiologically demanding event 1,2, and modifying aspects of the endocrine stress response and postoperative catabolic processes to optimise care in the perioperative period is increasingly being recognised as a means of improving outcomes 3. This began with the concept of fast track surgery 4, followed by enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) 5 …