• 1. Department of General Surgery, the Third People's Hospital of Chengdu, Chengdu, Sichuan 610031, P. R. China;
  • 2. Department of General-vascular Surgery, the Third People's Hospital of Chengdu, Chengdu, Sichuan 610031, P. R. China;
  • 3. Department of Nursing, the Third People's Hospital of Chengdu, Chengdu, Sichuan 610031, P. R. China;
TAOLan, Email: 1847472400@qq.com
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Objective To evaluate the effect of fast track surgery (FTS) on clinical parameters and postoperative complications in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). Method Fifty Patients with AAA treated in our hospital between December 2009 and May 2015 were enrolled in this study. Ten patients between December 2009 and December 2012 received conventional standard care (conventional group), while 50 between January 2013 and May 2015 received FTS (FTS group). The first exhaust time, the first time of off-bed activities, the duration of hospital stays, and the complications after AAA surgery were analyzed. Results The first exhaust time of patients in the FTS group and conventional group was (2.5±0.9) and (4.0±1.1) days; the first time of off-bed activities was (2.9±1.0) and (4.1±0.9) days; and the duration of hospital stays was (13.5±2.1) and (17.9±2.8) days. All those differences were significant (P<0.05). The incidences of incision infection, renal inadequacy, lower limb swelling, and weakened gastric function in the FTS group were significantly lower than those in the conventional group (P<0.05). On the third day after surgery, C-reactive protein in the FTS and conventional group was respectively (57.5±9.0) and (65.0±13.1) mg/L, and interleukin-6 was respectively (10.2±3.9) and (15.5±5.1) pg/L, both of which were significantly different between the two groups (P<0.05). Conclusions Fast track surgery is effective and safe in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm, and it may lower trauma stress after surgery and incidence of postoperative complications.

Citation: HEChun-yan, CUIChi, WANGHeng, TAOLan. Application of Fast Track Surgery in Patients with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm. West China Medical Journal, 2015, 30(9): 1716-1719. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.20150491 Copy

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