Enhanced recovery after elective spinal surgery: an Australian pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The principles of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) aim to reduce the physiological stress of surgery which in turn improve clinical and health economic outcomes. There is ample evidence in literature supporting ERAS methodologies in other surgical specialties, but its adoption in spinal surgery, especially in Australia remains in infancy. The aim of this project is to describe the early experience with an evidence-based ERAS pathway for simple spine surgery, a first of its kind in Australia.

Methods

An ERAS protocol was designed using an evidenced-based review of the literature. The authors then conducted a prospective cohort analysis looking at outcome of patients undergoing elective spinal (lumbar and cervical) decompression surgery under ERAS principles b

SUBMITTER: Pahwa A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10982920 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature