The WSES position paper recommends the implementation of enhanced perioperative care protocols in emergency general surgery to reduce surgical stress and improve postoperative recovery.
This WSES position paper provides consensus statements on enhanced perioperative care protocols for emergency general surgery patients.
Enhanced perioperative care protocols become the standard of care in elective surgery with a significant improvement in patients' outcome. The key element of the enhanced perioperative care protocol is the multimodal and interdisciplinary approach targeted to the patient, focused on a holistic approach to reduce surgical stress and improve perioperative recovery. Enhanced perioperative care in emergency general surgery is still a debated topic with little evidence available. The present position paper illustrates the existing evidence about perioperative care in emergency surgery patients with a focus on each perioperative intervention in the preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative phase. For each item was proposed and approved a statement by the WSES collaborative group.
Ceresoli et al. (Fri,) conducted a review in Emergency general surgery. Enhanced perioperative care protocols vs. Standard care was evaluated. The WSES position paper recommends the implementation of enhanced perioperative care protocols in emergency general surgery to reduce surgical stress and improve postoperative recovery.