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Multimodal perioperative rehabilitation in elective conventional resection of colonic cancer: results from the German Multicenter Quality Assurance Program 'Fast-Track Colon II'.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19262064     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
AIM: Multimodal perioperative rehabilitation in patients undergoing curative conventional colonic resection for cancer has not yet been studied in a multicenter setting. In 2005, a nationwide quality assurance program was initiated in Germany in an unselected patient population. METHODS: The prospective multicenter data collection includes patients from 24 German hospitals. All hospitals had established 'fast-track' rehabilitation as the standard perioperative treatment in elective colonic resection, and all patients entered the registry. RESULTS: 748 of 2,047 fast-track patients (36.5%) underwent open resection of colonic cancer. The median age of the 380 female and 368 male patients was 71 (26-96) years. Compliance was high for epidural analgesia (89%), systemic basic nonopioid analgesia (93%), 'restrictive' intraoperative intravenous fluids (81%), oral feeding (73%) and enforced mobilization (84%) on the day of surgery. Surgical complications were diagnosed in 20%, general morbidity occurred in only 13% of all patients, and 3 patients (0.4%) died in the early postoperative period. Readmission within 30 days of discharge was necessary in 27 patients (4%). CONCLUSIONS: Compliance with fast-track measures was high, and general morbidity was low in a population of patients undergoing multimodal perioperative rehabilitation for conventional colonic cancer resection.
Authors:
Chris Braumann; Nina Guenther; Peter Wendling; Rainer Engemann; Christoph T Germer; Wolfgang Probst; Hans-P Mayer; Bernd Rehnisch; Michael Schmid; Klaus Nagel; Wolfgang Schwenk;
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Multicenter Study; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2009-03-05
Journal Detail:
Title:  Digestive surgery     Volume:  26     ISSN:  1421-9883     ISO Abbreviation:  Dig Surg     Publication Date:  2009  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-05-19     Completed Date:  2009-08-04     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8501808     Medline TA:  Dig Surg     Country:  Switzerland    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  123-9     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright 2009 S. Karger AG, Basel.
Affiliation:
Department of General, Visceral, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Charité - University of Medicine, Berlin, Germany. chris.braumann@charite.de
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Colectomy / rehabilitation*,  standards
Colonic Neoplasms / surgery*
Female
Germany
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Perioperative Care
Prospective Studies
Quality Assurance, Health Care*
Registries*
Surgical Procedures, Elective / rehabilitation,  standards

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