Accepted Article This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1111/codi.14785 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. PROFESSOR KAREM SLIM (Orcid ID : 0000-0002-1527-4691) Article type : Original Article Intolerance to early oral feeding in enhanced recovery after colorectal surgery: An early red flag? Karem Slim 1,2 , Timothée Reymond 3 , Jean Joris 2,4 , Solène Paul, 3 Bruno Pereira 5 , Eddy Cotte 6 1. Department of Digestive Surgery, University Hospital (CHU), Clermont-Ferrand, France. 2. Francophone Group for Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (GRACE), Beaumont, France 3. Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, University Hospital (CHU), Clermont-Ferrand, France. 4. Department of Anaesthesia, University Hospital, Liege, Belgium 5. Biostatistics unit, Clinical Research and Innovation Department, University Hospital (CHU) of Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France. 6. Department of Colorectal Surgery, University Hospital (CHU), Lyon, France Correspondence to: K. Slim, Department of Digestive Surgery, University Hospital (CHU), Place Lucie Aubrac, 63003 Clermont-Ferrand, France. email: drkaslim@gmail.com