Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocol is associated with lower post-operative opioid use and a reduced office burden after minimally invasive surgery

Autor: Khrystyna Levytska, Ziqing Yu, Meghan Wally, Susan Odum, Joseph R. Hsu, Rachel Seymour, Jubilee Brown, Erin K. Crane, David L. Tait, Allison M. Puechl, Brittany Lees, R. Wendel Naumann, Michael Beuhler, Michael J. Bosse, Michael Gibbs, Christopher Griggs, Ashu Gulati, Steven Jarrett, Daniel Leas, Tamar Roomian, Michael Runyon, Animita Saha, D. Matthew Sullivan, Brad Watling
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Gynecologic oncology. 166(3)
ISSN: 1095-6859
Popis: Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) has decreased hospital opioid use, but less attention has been directed towards its impact on clinic burden with respect to post-operative care. Our objective was to determine the impact of an ERAS protocol on post-operative opioid prescribing, and the subsequent number of pain medication refill requests and unscheduled patient-provider interactions in the 30-day post-operative period.IRB-approved retrospective study comparing post-operative opioid prescription practices 10 months before and 10 months after ERAS protocol implementation after minimally invasive gynecologic surgery. Opioid doses in morphine milligram equivalents (MMEs), number of unscheduled visits, and phone calls were compared before and after ERAS implementation.A total of 791 patients were included; 445 without and 346 with ERAS implementation. ERAS was associated with higher rates of same day discharge (49% vs 39%, p = 0.003) and lower readmission rates (2.0% vs 5.6%, p = 0.011). Post-operatively, patients who received the ERAS protocol were prescribed less opioids (197.8 vs. 223.5 MMEs, p = 0.0087). There was a trend towards less refill requests with ERAS (1.7% vs 3.6%, p = 0.11). ERAS was associated with a decreased number of post-operative phone calls (38% vs 46%, p = 0.023), including calls for pain (10% vs 16%, p = 0.021), and fewer unscheduled visits related to pain (1.5% vs 5.8%, p = 0.001).Implementation of the ERAS protocol resulted in a decrease in post-operative opioid prescribing. Despite the lower amount of prescribed post-operative opioids, the ERAS protocol translated into a decrease in the need for post-operative interactions with the clinic staff, specifically encounters associated with pain.
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