Inflammatory Bowel Disease ERAS

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) programs promote an evidence-based, multidisciplinary approach to patient care aimed at facilitating faster recovery from surgery, decreasing hospital length of stay, and minimizing post-operative complications. From scheduling through discharge, all phases of perioperative care are incorporated into ERAS programs. 

 Inflammatory Bowel Disease ERAS Pathway:

• Inflammatory Bowel Disease Prior to Surgery Algorithm 

• Inflammatory Bowel Disease Preoperative to Discharge Algorithm

• Inflammatory Bowel Disease Synopsis – provides care standards employed for this ERAS pathway 

Additional tools associated with this Clinical/ERAS Pathway: 

• ERAS overview handout 
• ERAS overview handout - Spanish 

 Inclusion criteria: 

Any patients > 4 years old undergoing elective surgery for Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis: 

• Laparoscopic Ileocecectomy  

 Committee members involved in the development: 

• Emily Weisberg, MD | Anesthesiology | Committee Co-Chair 

• Tolu Oyetunji, MD, MPH, MBA | Pediatric General Surgery | Committee Co-Chair

• Shawn St. Peter, MD | Pediatric General Surgery | Committee Member 

• Efua Bolouvi, MD | Pediatric General Surgery Fellow | Committee Member 

• Nichole Doyle, MD, FASA, FAAP | Anesthesiology | Committee Member 

• Christian Taylor, MD | Anesthesiology | Committee Member 

• Gabriel Gallegos, MD | Anesthesiology | Committee Member

• Heather Sambol, RN, APRN | Anesthesiology | Committee Member

EBP Committee Members 

• Todd Glenski, MD, MSHA, FASA | Anesthesiology, Evidence Based Practice 

• Andrea Melanson, OTD, OTR/L | Evidence Based Practice 

Publication dates: 

• Finalized date: 10/2025

• Next expected revision date: October 2028 

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These pathways do not establish a standard of care to be followed in every case. It is recognized that each case is different, and those individuals involved in providing health care are expected to use their judgment in determining what is in the best interests of the patient based on the circumstances existing at the time. It is impossible to anticipate all possible situations that may exist and to prepare a pathway for each. Accordingly, these pathways should guide care with the understanding that departures from them may be required at times.