Open AccessEarly recovery protocol in patients undergoing laparoscopic radical cystectomy
Author(s) -
Juan Gómez Rivas,
Sergio Alonso y Gregorio,
Jesús Cisneros Ledo,
R. Uña Orejón,
Prado Ureta Doslada,
Jesús Sebastián,
Andrés Montero Gómez,
Jesús Javier de la Peña Barthel
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
urological science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.155
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1879-5234
pISSN - 1879-5226
DOI - 10.1016/j.urols.2015.01.006
Subject(s) - medicine , cystectomy , protocol (science) , general surgery , urology , surgery , bladder cancer , pathology , cancer , alternative medicine
The Enhanced Recovery After Surgery program (ERAS), has become the basis of perioperative management after colorectal surgery, vascular, thoracic, and more recently the radical cystectomy. The aim of this study is to show our initial experience using an ERAS protocol.Materials and methodsA total of 47 laparoscopic radical cystectomies (LRC) were compared in this study. For retrospective data analysis, the patients were divided into two groups: Group A included patients who underwent LRC before the ERAS protocol was implemented; and Group B included patients who underwent LRC after the ERAS protocol was implemented.ResultsHospital stay was significantly shorter (p = 0,04) in Group B with a median of 11.73 days versus 17.53 days in Group A. The paralytic ileus is the most common complication in both groups, and only two complications seem to be lower between groups; central vein catheter infection in Group A was 14.2% versus 5.2% in Group B and paralytic ileus in Group A was 35.7% versus 21.0% in Group B. There was no statistical difference between groups in the appearance of minor or major complications.ConclusionThe combination of minimally invasive surgery and an ERAS protocol is a feasible multidisciplinary challenge and is useful in the recovery of patients undergoing LRC