Application of a protocol for enhanced recovery after radical cystectomy: a before-and-after cohort study.

Claudia BrusascoAntonia Di DomenicoMarco EnnasAndrea BenelliFederico DottaMattia TosiMartina ManfrediTiziana CalcagnoFabio CampodonicoFederico GerminaleAndrea MontevecchiFrancesco CorradiCarlo Introini

Published in: World journal of urology (2023)

The application of an opioid-free ERAS protocol to patients undergoing open radical cystectomy was associated, as compared with prior traditional care, with significant reductions of recovery time and length of stay, number of total in-hospital complications, in particular functional ileus and re-admissions by 30 and 90 days after surgery.

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