• Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P.R.China;
CHE Guowei, Email: chebenben2005@163.com
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Objective  We conducted a questionnaire study who attended the First West China Forum on Chest Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) in order to analyze whether it can improve the knowledge of ERAS and how to organize an effective meeting. Methods  We analyzed 188 questionnaires from the representatives of the First West China Forum on Chest ERAS after the meeting which included two parts: one was the personal basic information and institution of respondents, and the other was the opinion of the content setting and suggestion for the next forum. Results  A percentage of 97.7% of participants believed that this forum contributed to improving their understanding of ERAS and 65.3% of them will put the concept of ERAS into practice after the meeting. The exchange of experience and project communication of ERAS were the most useful agendas approved by representatives while expert lectures should be more appropriate (18.1%). Arrangement for topic discussion and enough time for discussion were supported by 93.1% and 98.9% of the representatives respectively. Multi-center project discussion (80.9%) and interactive sessions especially WeChat interaction (74.0%) should be added on ERAS forum. Conclusion  Reasonable agenda settings are beneficial to improve the understanding and compliance of application of ERAS.

Citation: LI Xia, LI Chuan, CHE Guowei, QIU Shuting, MEI Jiandong, GUO Chenglin, LIU Lunxu, YANG Mei. Effect of meeting for clinical practice of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS): results of web-based survey questionnaires after the First West China Forum on Chest ERAS. Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2017, 24(9): 701-705. doi: 10.7507/1007-4848.201704006 Copy