Abstract Background Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) evidence-based protocols
for perioperative care have led to improvements in outcomes in numerous surgical areas …

Objective Despite surgical, technological, medical, and anesthetic improvements, patient
outcomes following elective neurosurgical procedures can be associated with high …

Abstract Objective The Covid-19 pandemic has wrought disruption to everyday life and
services, and emerging evidence suggests that those with eating disorders (EDs) are likely …

Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols are a set of interventions which are
carried out in the preoperative and perioperative period. They are aimed to decrease the …

Background Surgical site infection (SSI) following spinal surgery is a frequent clinical
problem with significant clinical and socio-economic consequences. Malnutrition has been …

Study Design. Retrospective database review. Objective. To quantify the medical and
surgical risks associated with elective lumbar spine fusion surgery in patients with poor …

Background. The prevalence of malnutrition in patients undergoing lumbar spine surgery
ranges from 5% to 50% and is associated with higher rates of surgical site infections …

Objective: to present recommendations based on the ACERTO Project (Acceleration of Total
Post-Operative Recovery) and supported by evidence related to perioperative nutritional …

Background: Since its 2012 inception, the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) has espoused cost-effective health-care …

Background Although serum albumin levels are increasingly used as an indicator of
nutritional status in the clinic, the relationship between perioperative hypoalbuminemia and …