Retrospective Study
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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 14, 2014; 20(38): 13950-13955
Published online Oct 14, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i38.13950
Table 3 Surgical outcomes n (%)
ERAS group(n = 20)Non-ERAS group(n = 40)P value
Median length of hospital stay (d)5.5 (3-16)7.5 (5-25)0.009
Average length of hospital stay (d)6.0 ± 2.99.4 ± 5.10.002
Overall complications5 (25)19 (48)0.090
Complications excluding Grade I12 (10)8 (20)0.470
Time to first flatus (d)1.6 ± 0.72.8 ± 1.3< 0.001
Time to first defaecation (d)3.4 ± 1.23.7 ± 1.40.430
Time to resumption of normal diet (d)3.4 ± 1.75.5 ± 2.40.002
Unplanned 30-d readmission00NA
Patients receiving adjuvant chemotherapy16 (80)27 (68)0.380
Interval between operation and initiation of adjuvant chemotherapy (d)37.0 ± 8.949.4 ± 20.40.009