Abstract
Purpose
With the day-to-day advances in science and technology, perioperative practices are also evolving and include high-quality evidence that improves surgical outcomes. We inspected the perioperative trends in major elective gynecological and oncological surgeries performed by various surgeons practicing in the field of gynecological and oncological surgery in India.
Methods
A ‘39-questions’ questionnaire was developed on the basis of the recently published ERAS society recommendations for the major gynecological and oncological surgeries using Google Forms© and was sent to the various consultants practicing gynecology or surgical oncology across major cancer centers across India. The results of the first 100 responses were noted and analyzed.
Results
Response rate was 83.3%. 83 surgical and 17 gynecological oncologists participated from 59 different institutions. It was observed that many surgeons were adhering to the latest evidence-based practices like pre- and postoperative education, prehabilitation, DVT prophylaxis, use of MIS, multimodal analgesia, and regular audit. However, there were also some areas where traditional practices were still prevalent which included mechanical bowel preparation, keeping patients fasting overnight, no carbohydrate loading, unnecessarily keeping IP drains and NG tubes for longer times, and refraining from starting orally within 24 h of surgery.
Conclusions
While most Indian oncological surgeons were adhering to the latest evidence-based practices, they were still lagging behind in certain aspects and traditional practices were being carried forward. With increasing awareness among surgeons, the latest guidelines should be followed for better surgical results.
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The concept and design of the study were created by both authors. Literature search, data acquisition, and analysis were performed by both. The manuscript was prepared by Ankit Dhiman. The same was edited and reviewed by M D Ray. Overall responsibility and corresponding author is M D Ray.
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Dhiman, A., Ray, M.D. Enhanced Recovery After Gynecological/Oncological Surgeries: Current Status in India. Indian J Gynecol Oncolog 18, 127 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40944-020-00458-9
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