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. 2023 May;161(2):607-615.
doi: 10.1002/ijgo.14594. Epub 2022 Dec 9.

Short-term outcomes after an enhanced recovery after surgery protocol in abdominal hysterectomies for leiomyomas in a teaching hospital

Vanessa Alvarenga-Bezerra  1 , Renato Moretti-Marques  1 , Mariana G Barbosa  2 , Gabriela M Rios  1 , Ana C S Mengai  1 , Fernanda F Assir  1 , Edna C S Pimenta  2 , Sergio Podgaec  1
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Short-term outcomes after an enhanced recovery after surgery protocol in abdominal hysterectomies for leiomyomas in a teaching hospital

Vanessa Alvarenga-Bezerra et al. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2023 May.

Abstract

Objective: To compare the perioperative outcomes of patients undergoing abdominal hysterectomies for leiomyomas before and after the implementation of an enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocol in a teaching hospital.

Methods: This prospective cohort study compared a patient group from a historical series (pre-ERAS) with another group after ERAS implementation. Fasting time, length of hospital stay, complications, readmission rates, and procedure-related hospital costs were analyzed.

Results: Altogether, 187 patients were included in the analysis: 92 (49.2%) and 95 (50.8%) in the pre-ERAS and ERAS groups, respectively. Both groups had similar clinical characteristics. We observed reductions in surgical outcome findings: fasting time (13.9 to 6.7 h, P < 0.001), bladder catheter usage (21.1 to 10.9 h, P < 0.001), infection rates (20.7% to 5.3%, P = 0.002), length of stay (57.5 to 37.6 h), and 38.4% of the total estimated mean cost per procedure (USD $1570.8 to USD $967.2, P < 0.001) in the pre-ERAS and ERAS groups, respectively. Hospital readmission rates (P > 0.99) did not increase.

Conclusion: ERAS protocol implementation for hysterectomies involving uterine leiomyomas reduced the length of hospital stay, surgical site infection rates, and hospital costs. A mean savings of USD $603.6 per procedure would allow 62.4% more hysterectomies to be performed.

Keywords: ERAS; abdominal hysterectomy; gynecologic surgery; health cost; leiomyoma; length of stay; perioperative care.

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