Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocols are interventions that seek to improve recovery after surgical procedures. In this Topic Brief, the authors identified 947 completed or ongoing empirical studies addressing aspects of ERAS that varied in their applicability to vascular surgery. A total of 115 studies focused exclusively on vascular surgery patients and evaluated an aspect of ERAS.
Topic briefs like this one identify and categorize the existing effectiveness and comparative effectiveness literature on a medical issue. Using this information, PCORI evaluates the state of the research literature to determine if the current research supports development of a PCORI research product such as a systematic review or a primary research study. The reviews summarize the quality and quantity of research studies. View other topic briefs
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