id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-350377-vq9eblr0 Sukumar, Vivek Colorectal Services in Covid-19 Times: Minimally Invasive Surgery and Enhanced Recovery, the Need of the Hour 2020-10-14 .txt text/plain 2167 116 48 There is a need to incorporate and strictly enforce various strategies such as enhanced recovery programs which have demonstrated to lower recovery time and post-operative complication rates, helping us to optimally utilize the minimum available resources without burdening the already strained health care infrastructure [3] . All patients admitted and undergoing major elective as well as emergency surgeries under the Division of Colorectal and Peritoneal Surface Oncology were included in the study. The European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) guidelines and American College of Surgeons (ACS) have advised to give priority to patient with cancers with the ACS suggesting surgeons to look at the Elective Surgery Acuity Scale (ESAS) from St. Louis University which include most cancers in Tier 3a and calls for non-post-ponement of surgery in these cases [6, 7] . Tackling the reduction in hospital resources towards surgical care, the department managed to operate 90 patients over a 2-month period. ./cache/cord-350377-vq9eblr0.txt ./txt/cord-350377-vq9eblr0.txt