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07.12.2018 | Original Article
Does enhanced recovery improve the survival rates of patients 3 years after undergoing surgery to remove a tumor in the colon?
Erschienen in: International Journal of Colorectal Disease | Ausgabe 3/2019
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Purpose
The advantages of enhanced recovery programs (ERP) after colorectal surgery for morbidity and length of stay are well known. On a longer term, evidence is much more limited. The aim of this study is to determine the impact of ERP on survival after 3 years of follow-up, following colorectal cancer surgery.
Methods
All the patients undergoing resection for colorectal cancer between the years 2010 and 2014 were included. Patients were classified according to their compliance with the ERP (< 70 or ≥ 70%).
Results
Among the 206 patients included during the period, 129 were male (62.6%). The 3-year overall survival rate was 70.4% (145 patients) and relapse-free survival was 59.2% (122 patients). The survival after 3 years was influenced by the initial metastatic status (p < 0.0001), operative morbidity (p < 0.001), and the presence of peritumoral emboli (p = 0.006). However, the compliance with the ERP ≥ 70% did not influence overall survival (p = 0.63), nor relapse-free survival (p = 0.93). The same observations were found among the “at-risk” population (synchronous metastasis and postoperative complication).
Conclusion
The ERP does not seem to influence the 3-year relapse-free survival after colorectal resection for cancer.
