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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COLORECTAL DISEASE
卷 22, 期 12, 页码 1469-1474出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-007-0317-8
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fast-track rehabilitation; elderly patients; post-operative complications; peri-operative treatment
Background and Aims The aim of the fast-track rehabilitation after elective colonic surgery is to lower the extent of general complications. Elderly patients may especially profit from this multi-modal peri-operative treatment including enforced early mobilisation and oral nutrition. Materials and Methods In this prospective study using a well-defined post-operative multi-modal treatment programme, we examined the feasibility of this so-called fast-track rehabilitation in elderly patients. The programme employed combined thoracic peri-dural analgesia, early enforced mobilisation and rapid oral nutrition. Results Seventy-four consecutive patients older than 70 years with benign or malignant disease of the large intestine were operated on. All patients were treated peri-operatively using the fast-track rehabilitation programme. Of the patients, 84% were able to have liquids orally on the day of surgery and 86% had solid food on the 1st post-operative day. The median time until the first bowel movement was 2 days. Only 12 (16%) patients had a total of 16 local complications, including 2 (3%) patients with anastomotic leakages. Nine patients (12%) had a total of 14 general complications; mortality rate was 1% (n=1). Patients were discharged from the hospital 5 (5th-95th percentile=4-6 days) days after surgery. Conclusions Using the fast-track rehabilitation programme on elderly patient is not only feasible but may also lower the number of general complications and the duration of the hospital stay.
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