We are honored to have received the invitation to be the editors of this special issue of the Revista Argentina de Cirugía entirely devoted to perioperative enhanced recovery. This new paradigm of surgical care is continually becoming more widely accepted worldwide and its cornerstones are elements that do not require major technological advances, funding, or special talents.

Teamwork with clearly defined roles and responsibilities, a systematized record of our practice and continuous review of our care processes and outcomes are the basis for perioperative enhanced recovery. These elements can hardly be considered a novelty or a matter for discussion. However, their actual application in daily practice represents a major challenge that requires perseverance and an unequivocal conviction that the action of each of us is truly significant. Besides the individual talent and the clear advantages it can offer, perseverance and method ultimately make the difference between the surgical teams and between the different healthcare systems.

In a sometimes frustrating work context, we understand that adding activities is not the way to achieve change. Therefore, today the priority for the development of perioperative enhanced recovery in our region is to provide solutions to the most common difficulties in healthcare practice and to get the most out of the work that surgical teams already perform on

a daily basis. The use of these solutions provides the opportunity to generate a systematized record and, in this record, the opportunity for self-evaluation and team improvement.

We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all the authors who have contributed to this edition. Their trajectory and the hierarchy of their medical and academic work are well known, and we are honored to have counted on their participation.

We hope this issue will be of interest to the community of readers of the Revista Argentina de Cirugía.