Enhanced Recovery After Surgery ("ERAS"), developed about two decades ago, has revolutionised perioperative care. Aiming at improving patient outcomes, it is evidence based but challenges the traditional practices. TKOH was among the first batch of hospitals that implemented ERAS in this locality. In 2015, our multidisciplinary team commenced implementation of ERAS program in colorectal surgeries.
Over the years, we expanded our scopes of ERAS to cover most major surgeries in different surgical stream specialties and our breadth of ERAS by introducing more strategies, including the most notable one, patient blood management.
While implementing ERAS may not be an easy task, sustaining it after implementation, indeed, is considered more challenging. This topic will be specifically discussed in this presentation.
