Enhanced Recovery after Surgery in a Single High-Volume Surgical Oncology Unit: Details Matter

Table 2

Demographics for all patients on a single surgical unit, 2013–2015.

Factor	Percent	Number
Gender
Male	48.2	190
Female	51.8	204
Age
Median	63	20–93
Mean	62.5	12.9
Race
White	59.9	236
Black	36.5	144
Other	3.6	14
Diagnosis
Other abdominal	33.0	127
Colorectal cancer	28.1	108
Pancreatic cancer	15.8	61
Liver malignancies	10.1	39
Gastric cancer	6.5	25
Small bowel cancer	6.5	25
Charlson index
0–2 (low)	40.4	159
3–5 (intermediate)	39.6	156
>5 (high)	20.0	79
Surgery
Other abdominal	24.1	95
Pancreatectomy	21.1	83
Intestinal resection	18.3	72
Hepatic resection	13.7	54
Colectomy	17.0	67
Gastrectomy	5.8	23
Provider
Test physician	45.4	179
Control physician 1	44.9	177
Control physician 2	9.6	38
ERAS
Yes	22.1	87
No	77.9	307
LOS
Median	6	1–55
Mean	7.6	6.9
Cost
Median	20,998	6,052–174,537
Mean	25,040	18,700
Complications
Grade 0-I	63.2	249
Grade II–V	36.8	145
Readmissions	15.7	61
Mortality rate	2.3	9