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NOVEMBER 21, 2024

ERAS-Inspired Protocol Optimizes Patients for Fistula Repair

By Monica J. Smith

CLEARWATER BEACH, Fla.—Use of a prehabilitation protocol that emphasizes restoring good nutritional status and increasing exercise tolerance may help improve outcomes in patients undergoing surgery for enterocutaneous fistula, according to a new study.

As she was preparing her presentation for the 2024 Southeastern Surgical Congress, Lucie B. Moore, MD, now an ophthalmology resident at The Ohio State University, in Columbus, found high mortality rates of around 30% among