期刊
BRITISH JOURNAL OF ORAL & MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY
卷 55, 期 10, 页码 1024-1029出版社
CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2017.10.012
关键词
Enhanced recovery after surgery; Head and neck cancer; Free tissue transfer; Duration of stay; Hospital readmission
Programmes for Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) accelerate recovery, reduce morbidity, and shorten hospital stay in a wide range of surgical specialties. We established a standardised multimodal ERAS pathway for patients who were being treated by free tissue transfer for head and neck cancer to evaluate its benefit. Our primary outcome was duration of hospital stay, and secondary outcomes included complications, number of days to first mobilisation, and readmission rates. We compared 100 consecutive patients who followed the ERAS programme with a control group of 40 consecutive patients who had free tissue transfer before the ERAS programme was introduced. There was a significantly reduced median duration of stay from 14 days in the control group to 10 days in the ERAS group. Patients in the ERAS group who were aged over 60 years, or had tracheostomies, or who required bone resection also had a significantly reduced duration of stay. There was no difference between morbidity and readmission rates, although patients in the ERAS group were mobilised significantly earlier. The ERAS programme is safe and effective for patients who are treated by free tissue transfer for head and neck cancer, and potentially reduces their duration of stay in hospital. (C) 2017 The British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
作者
我是这篇论文的作者
点击您的名字以认领此论文并将其添加到您的个人资料中。
推荐
暂无数据