Enhanced Recovery Pathway and Postoperative Ileus After Elective Minimally Invasive Colorectal Surgery.

J Clin Med · 2026 · PMC13206877 · PMID 42194856

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Operative time was slightly shorter in ERAS (157.7 ± 41.9 min) compared with standard care (172.7 ± 50.9 min), but this difference did not reach statistical significance ( p = 0.077), suggesting that operative efficiency alone is unlikely to explain downstream recovery differences.

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