Perioperative managment for gynecological surgery in accelerated rehabilitation programme

Abstract

The Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS), or Fast Track Surgery, aims to minimise the physiological stress of surgery and optimise patient rehabilitation. However, data on surgical interventions in obstetrics and gynaecology are limited. The aim of the study was to analyse the use of elements of the ERAS programme in gynaecologic surgery clinics and to assess the benefits of this approach. Analytical processing was carried out on systematic reviews and meta-analyses, articles and scientific reports published before June 2023, found and available through the PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials databases. The data were obtained from relevant published studies, including changes in quality of life, postoperative pain, use of opioids or anaesthesia, postoperative nausea and vomiting, rate of readmission, cost of hospitalisation, and clinically significant increase in patient satisfaction. The ERAS programme is a multimodal and multidisciplinary programme aimed at optimising perioperative treatment and improving postoperative outcomes in opera tive gynaecology by minimising the patient’s stress response, promoting functional recovery and achieving rapid recovery, where the patient is in the field of view of a number of specialists. The presented publications demonstrate that this concept of FTS is a fundamentally new approach to the surgical treatment of gynaeco-logical patients and covers all stages of perioperative therapy: preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative.