Martinez-Mardones, MonicaReyes, GuillermoSalas, RobertoFernández, RodrigoMelkonian, ErnestoMordojovich, EduardoSilva, CristóbalSuazo, Cristóbal2021-12-212021-12-212021-01-11Revista Médica de Chile. Vol. 149, N° 2 (2021) p. 203-2090717-6163http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12254/2168Background: SARS-CoV-2 hampered the resolution of multiple diseases, including cancer. Aim: To show that a multidisciplinary program of Strategies to Advance Recovery (STAR) can be implemented in a public hospital in Chile, despite the global pandemic and state of a national catastrophe, to provide a solution to cancer patients. Material and Methods: A retrospective descriptive study, of patients requiring an elective resolution of a colorectal cancer. Patients met the inclusion criteria, established in the STAR program. A total of 24 perioperative interventions were performed in the protocol. Demographic variables, days of hospitalization, complications, mortality, and readmissions were described. Results: The 24 interventions of the protocol were successfully implemented, although some partially. Sixteen patients aged 53 to 83 years (50% women) were operated. The median length of hospitalization was four days (range 2 to 9). Four complications were recorded, all were grade I or II according to the Clavien-Dindo classification. Two patients were readmitted. There were no reoperations or mortality. One patient was infected with coronavirus, diagnosed at the time of readmission. Conclusions: The STAR protocol reduces the length of hospital stay. In a pandemic context such as COVID-19 it becomes a useful resource and can be implemented in cancer patients, as herein reported.esAtribución-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 3.0 Chile (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 CL)CoronavirusColorectal surgeryEnhanced recovery after surgeryPerioperative careSurgical oncologyArtículohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3296-3330http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/s0034-98872021000200203