Introduced by Kehlet et al. in 1997 (1), Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) is a holistic, multi-pronged, interdisciplinary framework which utilizes evidence-based practices to decrease surgical stress, maintain physiologic homeostasis, and facilitate recovery of patients (2). Pioneering work by Kehlet et al. (3) showed that patients undergoing open sigmoid resection could be discharged in 2 days, at a time when the average length of stay was around 10 days in most of the centres. The concept survived initial scepticism, and its acceptance increased as it became evident that outcomes improved with standardized implementation of ERAS® protocols (4). Encouraged by the dramatic reduction in hospital stay, without compromising patient outcomes, and an increase in functional recovery following