Enhanced Recovery After Surgery in Major Intrabdominal Procedures.

St. Andrew's General Hospital, Patras, Greece54 enrolled

Overview

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) programs have been introduced with aims of attenuating the stress response to surgery and enabling rapid recovery. There is strong evidence of the usefulness of the ERAS programs in patients undergoing colorectal surgery in terms of significantly reduced postoperative complications and shorter length of hospital stay, compared to the patients of traditional treatment. However, few studies exist about the implication of ERAS programs in major upper abdominal surgery patients. The aim of this study was to compare morbidity, mortality and length of stay in patients undergoing major intrabdominal surgery, including upper and lower gastrointestinal, receiving either conventional postoperative care or an ERAS program.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Complication of Surgical and Medical Care.

Interventions

Patient's education before surgery, early mobilization and oral feeding after surgery, no opioids analgesics.

TraditionalOTHER

Nasogastric tube until bowel function, late oral eating, opioid analgesics.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 20 YearsMax age: 89 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Elective surgery * ASA grade \< 4 Exclusion Criteria: * Emergency surgery * ASA grade \> 3

Locations (1)

St. Andrew General Hospital, Department of Surgery

Pátrai, Greece

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Morbidity.

Time frame: 30 days after surgery

Secondary Outcomes

Mortality.

Time frame: 30 days after surgery

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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