The team’s implementation ran smoothly from the outset, guided by ERAS® Society trainers Dr. Hege Rustad and Jeanette Opsahl Fladeby (Östfold), with Prof. Dr. Olle Ljungqvist providing expert oversight throughout. Staff were engaged early, and time was deliberately set aside for two things that are easy to deprioritize under clinical pressure: data entry into the ERAS® Interactive Audit System (EIAS), and regular ERAS® meetings to review progress. Applying ERAS® to nephrectomy meant adapting a pathway more commonly built around cystectomy, and the team’s results show the protocol holds up well beyond its most familiar use case.
More than 70 patients had already been registered by Seminar 3, reflecting how quickly the team embedded audit into daily practice. The group spanned surgery, nursing, and anesthesiology, and were led by Deputy Senior Physician Maria Hermann and Director of Nursing Viktor Wistedt, with Charlotte Moberg, ERAS® Nurse Coordinator, driving day-to-day execution and audit.
The Karolinska team reports a positive attitude toward the new pathway, and information has been shared with patients through email, lectures, and printed materials. Patients themselves have said they feel well informed, a sign that the structure built during the EIP is translating into day-to-day practice rather than staying on paper.
