ObjectiveTo assess impact of typical parameters recommended by enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) program in elective colorectal surgery, and provide some recommendations for surgeon and anesthesiologist. MethodThe published articles about ERAS program in elective colorectal surgery in recent years were searched in these databases(EMBASE, PubMed, Cochrane Library, Ovid), the impact of each parameter was evaluated basing on hospital stay and rate of postoperative complications. ResultsAfter analyzing the literatures, the parameters, which were applied in current rehabilitation programs and covered the pre-, intraand post-operative periods in colorectal surgery, were identified as potential impacting consequences of colorectal surgery. Strong agreements were obtained for the following recommendations:① Preoperative management:bowel preparation, fasting, preanesthetic medication, and nutritional care.② Intraoperative management:fluid management, preventing hypothermia, method of surgery and incision, drugs usages of antibiotics, glucocorticoid and prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting.③ Postoperative management:managements of drainage tube, nasogastric intubation and urinary catheter, postoperative analgesia, prevention of thromboembolism, and measures of intestinal function recovery (including early mobilization, feeding and chew gum). ConclusionUse of a series of effective measures in ERAS has an effective result, could reduce surgical stress and complications, enhance recovery, shorten hospital stay.
ObjectiveTo summary and analyze the actuality of application for the fast track (FT) in China. MethodsThe clinical literatures of FT in China were collected and obtained from the WanFang database and China Hospital Knowledge Database (from Jan. 2006 to Dec. 2014), and then the actuality of application for the 22 items of FT was analyzed. ResultsA total of 62 literatures were collected, and there were 58 hospitals and 2 944 cases who underwent colorectal operation included. In all of the 62 literatures, the programmes were carried out 15 items at most, and there were only 3 items (average 10.06 items) at least. There were some important FT programmes were poorly developed (less than 60.00%) which included:normal preoperative feeding (45.16%, 28/62), intake carbohydrate drinks up until 2 hours before operation (54.84%, 34/62), thoracic epidural analgesia (58.06%, 36/62), avoid the opioids (35.48%, 22/62), minimally invasive operation (58.06%, 36/62), no nasogastric intubation (53.22%, 33/62), establish discharge criteria (27.42%, 17/62), follow-up (14.52%, 9/62), and audit of clinical outcomes (1.61%, 1/62). And that, there were serious distortions to some FT programmes, such as:distorted the surgery with epidural anesthesia to the thoracic epidural analgesia (46.77%, 29/62), distorted the early remove nasogastric intubation postoperative to avoidance the nasogastric intubation (17.74%, 11/62), and the minimally invasive surgery was independent of FT (6.45%, 4/62)/control the fluid therapy intraoperatively only (6.45%, 4/62). ConclusionThe current situation of the FT is not optimistic in China, it has existed that the concept of FT is fuzziness, the measures are not standardized and the application of some important programmes are deficient.