Research Article
Enhanced Recovery after Surgery in a Single High-Volume Surgical Oncology Unit: Details Matter
Table 3
ERAS versus non-ERAS (control) patients on a single surgical unit, 2013–2015.
| | Factor | ERAS% (number) | Non-ERAS% (number) | value |
| | Gender | | | | | Male | 46.0 (40) | 48.9 (150) | 0.63 | | Female | 54.0 (47) | 51.1 (157) |
| | Age | | | | | Median | 62 (20–93) | 63 (22–88) | 0.36 | | Mean | 61.4 (13.9) | 62.8 (12.6) |
| | Race | | | | | White | 62.1 (54) | 59.3 (182) | 0.89 | | Black | 34.5 (30) | 37.1 (114) | | Other | 3.5 (3) | 3.6 (11) |
| | Diagnosis | | | | | Gastric cancer | 4.8 (4) | 7.0 (21) | 0.45 | | Small bowel cancer | 8.4 (7) | 6.0 (18) | | Colorectal cancer | 24.1 (20) | 29.1 (88) | | Pancreatic cancer | 21.7 (18) | 14.2 (43) | | Primary and secondary liver malignancies | 12.1 (10) | 9.6 (29) | | Other abdominal | 28.9 (24) | 34.1 (103) |
| | Charlson index | | | | | 0–2 | 43.7 (38) | 39.4 (121) | 0.76 | | 3–5 | 36.8 (32) | 40.4 (124) | | >5 | 19.5 (17) | 20.2 (62) |
| | Surgery | | | | | Pancreatectomy | 27.6 (24) | 19.2 (59) | 0.49 | | Colectomy | 12.6 (11) | 18.2 (56) | | Hepatic resection | 12.6 (11) | 14.0 (43) | | Gastrectomy | 4.6 (4) | 6.2 (19) | | Intestinal resection | 16.1 (14) | 18.9 (58) | | Other abdominal | 26.4 (23) | 23.5 (72) |
| | LOS | | | | | Median | 5 (1–39) | 6 (1–55) | 0.016 | | Mean | 6.0 (4.9) | 8.0 (7.3) |
| | Complications | | | | | Grade 0-I | 67.8 (59) | 61.9 (190) | 0.31 | | Grade II–V | 32.2 (28) | 38.1 (117) |
| | Cost | | | | | Median | 18,716 (7,937–93,804) | 21,294 (6,032–174,537) | 0.060 | | Mean | 21,674 (12,118) | 25,994 (20,092) |
| | Readmissions | | | | | Readmission rate | 11.5 (10) | 16.9 (51) | 0.21 |
| | Mortality | | | | | Mortality rate | 0 (0) | 2.9 (9) | 0.033 |
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