Evaluation of the application of laparoscopy in enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) for gastric cancer: a Chinese multicenter analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) has been successfully applied in general surgery, especially in colorectal resection. However, the effect of ERAS in gastric cancer resection in current studies are inconsistent and most of which were single center retrospective ones. Thus, our study was aimed to evaluate the application of laparoscopy in ERAS for gastric cancer based on Chinese multicenter data.

Methods

The clinical and pathological data of patients who underwent radical gastric cancer resection at three Chinese medical centers between January, 2015 and December, 2017 were retrospectively analyzed. The current application of laparoscopy in ERAS for gastric cancer was evaluated.

Results

A total of 1,434 patients were involved in the final analysis. The

SUBMITTER: Wang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7214879 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature