Below are suggested reading and educational material on perioperative management, selected for trainees.
- Clinical Frailty Scale predicts overall survival after colon cancer surgery in people aged 80 years and older: a prospective multicentre observational study (2025)
- The impact of body mass index on colorectal surgery: a short-term outcome and cost analysis in an Asian cohort of 3169 patients (2025)
- Head-down tilt lithotomy position and well-leg compartment syndrome: an international survey of current practice (2025)
- Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) as a predictor of survival and complications among colorectal cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2025)
- Does socioeconomic status influence the choice of surgical technique in abdominal rectal cancer surgery? (2025)
- Enhancing the clinical relevance of prehabilitation research in colorectal surgery (2025)
- The use of preoperative enteral immunonutrition in patients undergoing elective colorectal cancer surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2025)
- Evaluation of pelvic floor rehabilitation in the prevention of low anterior resection syndrome: study protocol of the CONTICARE trial (2025)
- Evaluating the therapeutic quality of prehabilitation programmes in patients scheduled for colorectal surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2025)
- Barriers faced by surgeons in identifying and managing malnutrition in emergency general surgery: a qualitative study (2024)
- Preoperative oral antibiotics in colorectal surgery: are we adhering to peer review, or peer pressure? (2024)
- Current perioperative care in patients undergoing a beyond total mesorectal excision procedure for rectal cancer: what are the differences with the colorectal enhanced recovery after surgery protocol? (2024)
- Implementation of music in the perioperative standard care of colorectal surgery (IMPROVE study) (2024)
- Effects of a perioperative educational pathway on ostomy self-care, level of independence and need for visiting nurse services: a comparative observational cohort study (2024)
- Surgeon factors but not hospital factors associated with length of stay after colorectal surgery - a population based study (2023)
- Preoperative oral antibiotic administration in patients undergoing curative resection with stoma creation for colorectal cancer: effectiveness in preventing surgical site infection and the possibility of peristomal candidiasis induced by enterobacterial alteration (2023)
- Intrinsic predictors of prolonged length of stay in a colorectal enhanced recovery pathway: a prospective cohort study and multivariate analysis (2019)
- Receiver operating characteristic analysis to determine optimal fluid management during open colorectal surgery (2019)
- Prolonged hospital stay and readmission rate in an enhanced recovery after surgery cohort undergoing colorectal cancer surgery (2018)
- Perioperative fluid infusion and its influence on anastomotic leakage after rectal cancer surgery: implications for prevention strategies (2013)