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Introduction: Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocol is a novel method of enhancing patient recovery in post gastrointestinal surgery patients. Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) is a multidisciplinary approach, comprehensively designed to improve postoperative outcome. In 1997, a Dutch professor Henrik Kehlet gave the concept of "multimodal approach to control postoperative pathophysiology and rehabilitation". Colorectal surgery was the first surgical subspecialty where the ERAS pathway was implemented in the year 1999. The term ERAS was given in 2001 by a team of surgeons who met in London to develop guidelines for perioperative care, grounded on evidence. Materials and methods: The study was conducted in Meenakshi Medical College from April 2022 to June 2022. The source of the study was patients in the general surgery department admitted for gastrointestinal surgery. Inclusion and exclusion criteria were established and patients satisfying said criteria were included in the study. The patients and attenders were informed about the study, the workup, nature and complications that could happen. patients who consented alone were included. Patients from my unit were made into the test group and other as control group. The average length of hospital stay for test group patients was 7days. The average length of hospital stay for control group patients was 14days. There is a statistical difference between the studyand the control group regarding length of hospital stay. The length of hospital stay for study group patients was very low compared to the control group. Results:The average age of patients undergoing gastrointestinal surgeries was 49 in the test group and 44 in the control group. The female patients in this study were 35%in the study group and 40% in the control group, the average female patients were 37.5 %. The male patients were 65% in the test group and 62.5 %in the control group. The average male patients were 62.5 % in this study. There is no statistical significance in gender distribution. Conclusion: From this study, ERAS is found beneficial in reducing the length of hospital stay, cost-effective with fewer complications, and better surgical outcomes when compared to conventional management of patients undergoing gastrointestinal surgeries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]