Laparoscopy Combined with Enhanced Recovery Pathway in Ileocecal Resection for Crohn’s Disease: A Randomized Study

Table 4

Postoperative data in 32 patients undergoing primary ileocecal resection for Crohn’s disease.

	Laparoscopy and ERAS care ()	Laparoscopy and standard care ()	value
Passage of first flatus mean (SD, day)	1.75 ± 0.58	3.13 ± 0.89	<0.001
Passage of first stool mean (SD, day)	2.25 ± 1.0	4.06 ± 1.29	<0.001
Eating liquid mean (SD, day)	1.44 ± 0.63	4.38 ± 1.41	<0.001
Eating semifluid mean (SD, day)	2.75 ± 0.58	6.31 ± 1.45	<0.001
Postoperative hospital stay, mean (SD, day)	5.19 ± 1.28	9.94 ± 3.33	<0.001
Overall morbidity < 30 days, (%)	2 (12.5)	2 (12.5)	NS
Complication grade I, (%)	2	2	NS
Complication grade II-IV, (%)	0	0	NS
Reoperations, (%)	0	0	NS
Readmission < 30 days, (%)	0	0	NS
Postoperative pain, VAS > 3 on day 1, (%)	1 (6.3)	4 (25)	NS
Postoperative pain, VAS > 3 on day 2, (%)	0	0	NS
In-hospital mortality, (%)	0	0	NS
In-hospital costs (ten thousand RMB)	2.70 ± 0.50	3.73 ± 0.75	<0.001
Infectious complication within 30 days after discharge, (%)	0	0	NS

ERAS = enhanced recovery after surgery; SD = standard deviation; VSA = visual analog scale; NS = not significant.