Soffin EM, et al. - Researchers performed a retrospective cohort study of prospectively collected data, in order to delineate the development of and early experience with an evidence-based enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) pathway for lumbar decompression. Via performing an evidence-based review of the literature, they included 15 standard ERAS elements in the protocol. They applied the pathway to 61 consecutive patients who presented for microdiscectomy or lumbar laminotomy/laminectomy between dates. In this work, for the first time, a comprehensive, evidence-based ERAS for spine pathway, tailored for lumbar decompression/microdiscectomy was described. The pathway led to short length of hospital stay, minimal complications, and no readmissions within 90 days of surgery.