A major challenge in healthcare is to incorporate innovation into routine clinical practice. Recently, fast-track surgery for elective cesarean section entails a multidisciplinary approach of perioperative care to permit earlier discharge from the hospital. Patient education and information, no bowel enemas, minimizing starvation times, maintaining normothermia, early feeding, adequate analgesia, early removal of urinary catheter, fluid management, postoperative nausea and vomiting prophylaxis, and early enforced ambulation are all essential. A significant reduction in length of hospital stay can be achieved without increase of perioperative morbidity.