Enhanced Recovery after Surgery in Gynecology:Current Practice and Future Perspective

Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) aims at reducing surgical stress and accelerating patients' postoperative recovery by optimizing perioperative management, which has been widely applied in multiple fields such as colorectal surgery, orthopedics, and urology, and has gained attention from gynecologists over the last decade. It has been showed that ERAS can reduce postoperative pain, bring down the incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting, promote the recovery of bowel function, save hospitalization expenses, and improve patient satisfaction in both benign and malignant gynecological conditions. The successful implementation of ERAS requires close collaboration among multiple disciplines as well as rigorous and scientific prospective study providing high-quality evidence support, so as to promote the continuous improvement of ERAS program and bring maximum benefits to patients.