Impact of the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery System for Colorectal Surgery
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUniversity of Arkansas
About this trial
This is an observational study to look at the impact of the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery system for colorectal surgery (Group 1) in shortening hospital length of stay, reducing postoperative narcotic consumption, lowering Visual Analog Scale scores, decreasing the incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting, and reducing 30-day readmission when compared to patients who had colorectal surgery performed at UAMS prior to the implementation of the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery system (Group 2).
This is a retrospective study using de-identified records and therefore will not require subject enrollment and is NOT Human Subjects Research.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
All men and women 18 years and older who underwent major colorectal surgery at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences between January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014 and June 1, 2015 to November 30, 2016, and were American Society of Anesthesiologist physical status classification 1-3 at the time of surgery.
Disqualifiers
American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status classification > 3 and age < 18.
Trial population
All men and women 18 years and older who underwent major colorectal surgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences between January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014 and June 1, 2015 to November 30, 2016, and were American Society of Anesthesiologist physical status classification 1-3 at the time of surgery.
Trial design
Design model
Cohort
Time perspective
Retrospective
Treatments tested in this trial
Enhanced Recovery protocol
Other interventionThe Enhanced Recovery protocol focuses on many areas or perioperative care, including non-narcotic pain management, optimization of fluid balance throughout the perioperative course, early eating, ambulation, early removal of drains postoperatively, and preoperative patient education.
Treatment groups
200 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Enhanced Recovery1 intervention
Group B: pre-Enhanced Recovery1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Hospital length of stay
To compare the hospital length of stay following major colorectal surgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences for patients who had their perioperative care guided by the principles of the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery system to those that had major colorectal surgery at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences prior to the implementation of the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery system.
Time frame
30 days from the conclusion of the surgical procedureSponsors and contacts
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov