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Enhanced recovery after colorectal surgery in patients with inflammatory bowel disease to reduce hospital length of stay: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

From GI Signals issue №14: what this paper found, what it changes, and where it sits against the current standard of care, reviewed by Simon Mathews, MD.

IBD meta analysis · n=4,225 · Oct 1, 2026 · Colorectal Disease · IF 3.2

Enhanced recovery after colorectal surgery in patients with inflammatory bowel disease to reduce hospital length of stay: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

New evidenceIBD surgerycolorectal surgerysystematic reviewmeta-analysis
Clinical takeawayConsider implementing ERAS protocols for IBD patients undergoing colorectal surgery to reduce hospital length of stay, as evidence supports its benefit without increasing 30-day readmissions, reoperations, or complications.
What it foundERAS protocols reduced hospital length of stay by 1.62 days (95% CI: -2.03, -1.21) in IBD patients undergoing colorectal surgery.
ContextThis meta-analysis confirms the utility of ERAS protocols in IBD patients, extending evidence previously established in colorectal cancer surgery to this population.
No standard claimed for this paper

Every paper is compared to the standard governing its question. This one is not: either no standard in the corpus matches it, or the comparison did not hold up on review and was withdrawn rather than published unverified. Both are logged.

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