A Comparative Study between Traditional Care Program and Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) Program in General Surgery

Abstract

RAS is a multimodal program that targets early mobilization and early oral feeding after major surgery thus early discharge with less morbidity. This is achieved by normalizing the patient‘s physiologic state preoperatively to decrease the impact of surgery which helps early returning to the normal state ERAS pathway starts from the preoperative period throughout the whole perioperative hospital stay. Preoperatively it aims to prepare the patient for the upcoming surgical stress in order to decrease the impact of metabolic response Present study involved 80 patients who were candidates for general surgical intervention. They were randomly divided into 2 equal groups according to the perioperative protocol offered to them. Group A included 40 (50%) patients assigned for the conventional recovery protocol and group B included 40 (50%) patients assigned for the ERAS pathway. There was a non-significant difference between the two study groups regarding demographic and general clinical data. Operative and postoperative data: Patients of both groups passed the procedure efficiently without any intraoperative complications.