Enhanced Recovery Pathway in Adults Undergoing Elective Posterior Thoracolumbar Fusion Surgery: Outcomes Compared with a Traditional Care Pathway

Table 4

Postoperative data in both groups with values.

	Pre-ERAS	ERAS	value
Day when urinary catheter removed, n (%)			0.001
Day 1	8 (16)	28 (67)
Day 2	38 (75)	11 (26)
Day 3	4 (8)	2 (5)
Day 4	1 (2)	1 (2)
Day when mobilized out of bed, n (%)			0.001
Day 1	13 (25)	28 (67)
Day 2	34 (67)	12 (29)
Day 3	3 (6)	1 (2)
Day 4	1 (2)	1 (2)
Day when switched to oral analgesics, n (%)			0.603
Day 1	39 (77)	34 (81)
Day 2	12 (23)	8 (19)
Length of hospital stay in days (SD)	5.9 (3.3)	4.2 (1.5)	0.002
Length of hospital stay, n (%)			0.001
Three days or less	4 (8)	20 (48)
Four days or more	47 (92)	22 (52)
Pain score on DOD (SD)	2 (1.4)	1.6 (1.3)	0.115
PRN analgesic use on DOD, n (%)			0.002
None	20 (39)	30 (71)
Mild	30 (59)	12 (29)
Moderate	1 (2)	0
Glycemic control on DOD, n (%)			0.49
Controlled	15 (29)	14 (34)
Borderline	1 (2)	1 (2)
Uncontrolled	0	1 (2)
Not diabetic	35 (68)	26 (62)
Complication rates, n (%)	7 (14)	2 (5)	0.31
Readmission rate, n (%)	4 (8)	2 (5)	0.547

DOD: day of discharge.