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Videosurgery and Other Miniinvasive Techniques
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2/2014
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Enhanced recovery (ERAS) protocol in patients undergoing laparoscopic total gastrectomy

Michał Pędziwiatr
,
Maciej Matłok
,
Mikhail Kisialeuski
,
Piotr Major
,
Marcin Migaczewski
,
Piotr Budzyński
,
Sebastian Ochenduszko
,
Kazimierz Rembiasz
,
Andrzej Budzyński

Videosurgery Miniinv 2014; 9 (2): 252–257
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/wiitm.2014.43076
Online publish date: 2014/05/29
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Introduction: Laparoscopic technique combined with the ERAS (Enhanced Recovery after Surgery) protocol enables a shorter hospital stay and a lower complication rate. Although it has been widely used in many patients undergoing elective abdominal surgery, especially in patients with colorectal cancer, there are only a few papers describing laparoscopic total gastrectomy and the enhanced recovery protocol in patients with gastric cancer. Minimally invasive gastrectomy is still an uncommon procedure, mostly because of its difficulty.

Aim: To present the preliminary results of treatment of patients with gastric neoplasms who underwent laparoscopic gastrectomy D2 with perioperative care according to ERAS principles.

Material and methods: Eleven patients (5 male and 6 female, age 52–77 years) underwent laparoscopic D2 gastrectomy with intracorporeal esophagojejunal anastomosis. In all patients the ERAS protocol was implemented. We analyzed operation time, complications and hospital stay. Additionally we focused on operative technique as well as the perioperative care protocol.

Results: The mean duration of the procedure was 245 min. There was 1 conversion due to unclear tumor infiltration. Mean hospital stay was 4.6 days. One postoperative complication (central venous catheter sepsis) was reported. Histological analysis confirmed the tentative diagnosis (R0 resection) in 10/11 patients. There were no readmissions.

Conclusions: Laparoscopic gastrectomy is a valuable alternative to the classical approach and combined with the ERAS protocol can result in reduced hospital stay. However, due to the small group of patients it is difficult to adequately assess the incidence of early and late complications of the laparoscopic procedures; therefore further research is needed.
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laparoscopy, postoperative care, gastrectomy, fast-track, enhanced recovery
  
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