Research Article
Enhanced Recovery Pathway in Adults Undergoing Elective Posterior Thoracolumbar Fusion Surgery: Outcomes Compared with a Traditional Care Pathway
Table 2
Demographic and operative data in both groups with
values.
| | Pre-ERAS | ERAS | value |
| | Age (SD) | 46 (18) | 49 (19) | 0.48 | | Sex, n (%) | | | 0.455 | | Male | 17 (33) | 11 (26) | | | Female | 34 (67) | 31 (74) | | | ASA, n (%) | | | 0.116 | | ASA I | 16 (31) | 19 (45) | | | ASA II | 24 (47) | 18 (43) | | | ASA III | 11 (22) | 5 (12) | | | Procedure type, n (%) | | | 0.505 | | Degenerative | 36 (71) | 34 (81) | | | Deformity | 15 (29) | 8 (19) | | | Number of levels (SD) | 3.9 (4) | 2.95 (3) | 0.634 | | LOS in minutes (SD) | 276 (97) | 275 (80) | 0.961 | | EBL in ml (SD) | 448 (288) | 320 (158) | 0.032 | | Drain placement, n (%) | 25 (49) | 12 (29) | 0.045 |
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LOS: length of surgery. EBL: estimated blood loss.
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