The Effect of ERAS on Pancreaticoduodenectomy

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) is not the program that aim to reduce postoperative hospital stay, but the multimodal strategies that aim to attenuate the loss of, and improve the restoration of,functional capacity after surgery on evidence-based medicine. The benefits of ERAS is proved in many surgical procedures, such as upper gastrointestinal surgery and colorectal surgery. However, pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD, Whipple's operation) is still one of most complex abdominal surgery, and there is no evidence that ERAS is beneficial on PD. This study investigate the clinical effectiveness of ERAS on PD.