Enhanced recovery after surgery in emergency colorectal surgery: Review of literature and current practices

Table 2 Summary of study characteristics and clinical outcomes of three published studies comparing enhanced recovery after surgery vs non-enhanced recovery after surgery in emergency colorectal surgery

	Lohsiriwat[8]	Wisely et al[10]	Shida et al[11]	Shang et al[12]
Characteristics
Country, year	Thailand, 2014	Australia, 2016	Japan, 2017	China, 2018
Study design	Match case-control	Pre-Post ERAS	Pre-Post ERAS	Match case-control
ERAS/non-ERAS	20/40	80/97	42/80	318/318
Inclusion criteria	Obstructing colorectal cancer	Benign diseases and malignancy	Obstructing colorectal cancer	Obstructing colorectal cancer
Exclusion criteria	No bowel resection, concomitant bowel perforation	Laparoscopic surgery	No bowel resection, concomitant bowel perforation	Recurrent tumor, no bowel resection, concomitant bowel perforation
Clinical outcomes
GI recovery time	Sig. decreased	NA	NA	Sig. decreased
Complication	Decreased	Sig. decreased	Decreased	Sig. decreased
Hospital stay	Sig. decreased	Same	Sig. decreased	Sig. decreased
30-d mortality	Same	Same	Same	Same
30-d readmission	Same	Same	Same	Same
30-d reoperation	NA	Same	Same	Same
Interval between surgery and chemotherapy	sig. decreased	NA	NA	sig. decreased

GI: Gastrointestinal; NA: Not available; Sig.: Significantly; ERAS: Enhanced recovery after surgery.