A prospective randomized study of patients undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass will be randomized in 2 groups: those following an ERAS program and those ones following a standard protocol. Postoperative pain 24 hours after surgery and hospital stay will be assessed.
A prospective randomized study of patients undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass will be randomized in 2 groups: those following an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) program and those ones following a standard protocol. The ERAS program implies early liquids oral intake, early deambulation and multimodal analgesia (port sites infiltration with Bupivacain 0.5% associated with intravenous analgesia). Postoperative pain 24 hours after surgery, as measured by Visual Analogic Scale, and hospital stay will be assessed.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
180
ERAS protocol includes early oral intake and deambulation and multimodal analgesia
Oral intake and deambulation 24h after surgery and only intravenous analgesia.
General Hospital Elche
Elche, Alicante, Spain
RECRUITINGPostoperative pain
Evaluated by Visual Analogic Scale
Time frame: 24 hours after surgery
Hospital stay
Days
Time frame: Days until patients´discharge: 2 days or more than 2 days
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