Surgery Recovery Pathways
2019 POWER Colorectal Pathway Study Video Presentation
2019 POWER Study Ripollés-Melchor et al. Publication
Ripollés-Melchor et al. 2019
Ripollés-Melchor J, Ramírez-Rodríguez JM, Casans-Francés R, et al. Association Between Use of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Protocol and Postoperative Complications in Colorectal Surgery: The Postoperative Outcomes Within Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Protocol (POWER) Study [published correction appears in JAMA Surg. 2022 May 1;157(5):460]. JAMA Surg. 2019;154(8):725-736. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2019.0995
Enhanced Recovery Pathways (ERPs) are not set projects.
ERPs are not set protocols or algorithms.
Enhanced Recovery is a process not a destination!
ERPs are a process:
a process of
CANI: Constant and Never Ending Improvement.
ERPs are a solution for:
Analysis Paralysis
Crisis of Irreproducible Study Results
ERPs embrace Evidence-Based Medicine.
ERPs Accelerate Adoption of Evidence-Based Medicine.
ERPs are multi-disciplinary Teams
working through multi-phases
Focused on Optimal Individual Patient Care.
ERPs conserves health care resources.
ERPs improves Patients' Outcomes.
