Research Article
Enhanced Recovery after Surgery in a Single High-Volume Surgical Oncology Unit: Details Matter
Table 5
Control providers before and after ERAS implementation, 2013–2015.
| Factor | Pre-ERAS | Post-ERAS | value |
| Gender | | | | Male | 51.3 (61) | 47.9 (46) | 0.63 | Female | 48.7 (58) | 52.1 (50) |
| Age | | | | Median | 63 (28–88) | 65 (22–86) | 0.78 | Mean | 62.9 (12.1) | 62.4 (12.2) |
| Race | | | | White | 59.7 () | 57.3 () | 0.93 | Black | 37.0 () | 39.6 () | Other | 3.4 () | 3.1 () |
| Diagnosis | | | | Gastric cancer | 2.5 () | 7.7 () | 0.43 | Small bowel cancer | 7.6 () | 4.4 () | Colorectal cancer | 33.6 () | 26.4 () | Pancreatic cancer | 14.3 () | 15.4 () | Liver malignancies | 6.7 () | 7.7 () | Other abdominal | 35.3 () | 38.5 () |
| Charlson index | | | | 0–2 | 34.5 () | 37.5 () | 0.36 | 3–5 | 49.6 () | 40.6 () | >5 | 16.0 () | 21.9 () |
| Surgery | | | | Pancreatectomy | 19.3 () | 24.0 () | 0.51 | Colectomy | 21.9 () | 19.8 () | Hepatic resection | 11.8 () | 10.4 () | Gastrectomy | 1.7 () | 6.3 () | Intestinal resection | 19.3 () | 15.6 () | Other abdominal | 26.1 () | 24.0 () |
| LOS | | | | Median | 6 (1–45) | 5 (1–44) | 0.51 | Mean | 7.6 (5.9) | 7.1 (6.3) |
| Complications | | | | Grade 0-I | 61.3 (73) | 69.8 (67) | 0.20 | Grade II–V | 38.7 (46) | 30.2 (29) |
| Cost | | | | Median | 21,109 (6,412–111,409) | 20,157 (6,951–135,993) | 0.40 | Mean | 23,235 (13,960) | 25,210 (19,893) |
| Readmission | 15.1 () | 15.1 () | 0.99 |
| Mortality | 2.5 () | 3.1 () | 0.79 |
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