Enhanced Recovery After Surgery in Major Intrabdominal Procedures.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Complication of Surgical and Medical Care.
• Interventions: Other: ERAS perioperative care; Other: Traditional

• Registration Number: NCT01400711
• Lead Sponsor: St. Andrew's General Hospital, Patras, Greece

Brief Summary

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) programs have been introduced with aims of attenuating the stress response to surgery and enabling rapid recovery. There is strong evidence of the usefulness of the ERAS programs in patients undergoing colorectal surgery in terms of significantly reduced postoperative complications and shorter length of hospital stay, compared to the patients of traditional treatment. However, few studies exist about the implication of ERAS programs in major upper abdominal surgery patients.

The aim of this study was to compare morbidity, mortality and length of stay in patients undergoing major intrabdominal surgery, including upper and lower gastrointestinal, receiving either conventional postoperative care or an ERAS program.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2010-08
• Study Start: 2010-10
• Primary Completion: 2011-03
• Study Completion: 2011-04
• Study First Submitted: 2011-06-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-07-21
• Last Update Submitted: 2011-07-21
• Study First Posted: 2011-07-22
• Last Update Posted: 2011-07-22

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 54

Inclusion Criteria

• Elective surgery
• ASA grade < 4

Exclusion Criteria

• Emergency surgery
• ASA grade > 3

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
ERAS patients	ERAS perioperative care	Patients planned to undergoing major intrabdominal surgery, following the ERAS perioperative care.
Control patients	Traditional	Patients planned to undergo major intrabdominal surgery, following the conventional perioperative care.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Morbidity.	30 days after surgery

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Mortality.	30 days after surgery

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

St. Andrew General Hospital, Department of Surgery; 🇬🇷 Patra, Greece