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Effect of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery on Laparoscopic Appendectomy Outcomes in Patients with Complicated Appendicitis: a Randomized Controlled Trial

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Abstract

Background

The implementation of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) pathway has resulted in shorter length of stay (LOS), fewer complications, and lowering of medical costs. We aimed to investigate if ERAS protocol implementation in patients with complicated appendicitis reduces the LOS after laparoscopic appendectomy.

Methods

In this randomized controlled trial, 38 patients were randomly assigned to laparoscopic appendectomy with ERAS protocol (LE) or with conventional care (LC). The primary outcome was the hospital LOS. The secondary outcomes included time to resume diet, postoperative complications, readmissions, and reoperation rates.

Results

From April 2019 to December 2019, 19 patients in the LE group and 19 in the LC were included. There were no significant differences in preoperative data. Regarding the primary outcome of the study, the ERAS protocol did not significantly reduce the postoperative LOS in comparison with conventional care (63.8 ± 62.10 h vs. 95.3 ± 135.78 h, p=0.366). There was a significant reduction in time to resume diet (367.3 vs. 696.3 min, p=0.003). We did not find differences in terms of postoperative complications, pain control, readmission, and reoperation rates.

Conclusions

Laparoscopic appendectomy with ERAS protocol was not superior to laparoscopic appendectomy with conventional care for the treatment of complicated appendicitis in terms of hospital LOS. However, postoperative morbidity, readmission, and reoperation rates were similar in both groups, making ERAS implementation a safe and feasible alternative to conventional care.

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We would like to thank Dr. Judith Rodriguez for the supervision and corrections to the protocol.

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  1. Department of General and Endoscopic Surgery, Hospital General Dr. Manuel Gea González, Calzada de Tlalpan 4800, 14090, Mexico City, Mexico

    Alejandra Núñez-Venzor, Mario Trejo-Avila, Eduardo Cárdenas-Lailson, Carlos Valenzuela-Salazar, Jesus Herrera-Esquivel & Mucio Moreno-Portillo

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ANV, MTA, and ECL were involved in study conception and design. ANV did data acquisition. ECL and MTA performed statistical analyses, drafted the manuscript, contributed to study concept, critically revised the manuscript, performed overall supervision, and contributed to the final approval of the manuscript. CVS, JHE, and MMP interpreted the data, drafted the manuscript, critically revised the manuscript, and contributed to the final approval of the manuscript.

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Núñez-Venzor, A., Trejo-Avila, M., Cárdenas-Lailson, E. et al. Effect of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery on Laparoscopic Appendectomy Outcomes in Patients with Complicated Appendicitis: a Randomized Controlled Trial. SN Compr. Clin. Med. 3, 646–653 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42399-021-00788-5

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