• Dis. Colon Rectum · May 2009

    Comparative Study

    An enhanced-recovery protocol improves outcome after colorectal resection already during the first year: a single-center experience in 168 consecutive patients.

    • Jonas Nygren, Mattias Soop, Anders Thorell, Jonatan Hausel, Olle Ljungqvist, and ERAS Group.
    • Center of Gastrointestinal Disease, Ersta Hospital and Karolinska Institutet, Institution of Clinical Sciences at Danderyds Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. jonas.nygren@erstadiakoni.se
    • Dis. Colon Rectum. 2009 May 1;52(5):978-85.

    PurposeThis study was designed to investigate the clinical outcome and recovery before and immediately after implementation of the enhanced recovery after surgery enhanced recovery after surgery protocol in colonic and rectal resection.MethodsOne hundred and sixty-eight consecutive patients in a single center underwent colorectal surgery before (traditional, n = 69) and immediately after implementing enhanced recovery after surgery (n = 99). Rectal surgery was performed in 77 patients. Postoperative food and fluid intake, mobilization, physiologic function, and clinical outcome were measured prospectively.ResultsResumption of oral diet was achieved on postoperative day postoperative day 1 in the enhanced recovery after surgery group. In the enhanced recovery after surgery group, mobilization more than 6 hours daily was achieved on postoperative day 2 to 3 and passage of stool occurred on postoperative day 2 vs. postoperative day 5 in the traditional group (P < 0.0001). Muscle strength and lung function were less reduced in the enhanced recovery after surgery group (P < 0.05). Median hospital stay was reduced by 2 days (P < 0.01). Readmission rates increased (4 percent vs. 15 percent, P < 0.01) but total hospital stay was still lower in the enhanced recovery after surgery group (P < 0.01). After colonic resection, postoperative complications decreased in enhanced recovery after surgery (37 percent vs. 18 percent, P < 0.05), whereas no change was found after rectal resection.ConclusionImmediately after implementing enhanced recovery after surgery, recovery was improved and length of hospital stay was reduced. Notably, postoperative morbidity decreased only in patients undergoing colonic resection.

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