Colorectal ERAS: Years Later

IRB approval was obtained for this single center retrospective review of patients who had elective colorectal resections during ERAS implementation from January 2016 to December 2016 versus years later from January 2019 to December 2019. Data was collected for internal quality improvement analysis and maintained in a secure database known as Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap, Boston University, CTSI 1UL1TR001430).2 We collected data including age, sex, American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) status, diagnosis, indications for surgery, procedure, operative approach, and operative times. The primary outcomes were length of stay, readmission rates, and ERAS teaching. Data was analyzed using SAS software version 9.4 (SAS Institute, Cary, NC). A chi-squared test or Fisher’s exact test was used to evaluate ERAS teaching. All tests were 2-sided, and a p value less than or equal to 0.05 was considered statistically significant.