Objective To evaluate the practical effect of assisted nursing with the concept of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) for patients underwent cholelithiasis surgery, and analyze its impact on postoperative complications and physical rehabilitation. Methods Eighty-four patients underwent cholelithiasis operation in our hospital from August, 2019 to May,2020 were selected as the research objects, and the patients were randomly divided into two groups by random number table. The control group was given routine nursing intervention, while the observation group was given nursing intervention based on ERAS.The postoperative complications incidence and recovery of patients were compared. Results Data showed that the postoperative extubation time, first anal exhaust, defecation time and hospitalization time in the observation group were significantly shorter than those in the control group (P<0.05). The total incidence of complications in the observation group was significantly lower than that in the control group (2.38% vs 14.28%, P<0.05). Conclusions In nursing patients undergoing cholelithiasis surgery, ERAS nursing intervention can effectively prevent the occurrence of a variety of postoperative complications, and can effectively speed up the process of postoperative rehabilitation, which is recommended to popularize.