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Table 1 Perioperative management of two groups of patients with lumbar disc herniation

From: Enhanced recovery after surgery pathway reduces the length of hospital stay without additional complications in lumbar disc herniation treated by percutaneous endoscopic transforaminal discectomy

Implementation projects

ERAS group

Traditional group

Preoperative

 

 Sedation and analgesia

Yes

No

 Education

Pre-operative education program + pre-operative counseling

Traditional education

 Skin preparation

Area skin cleansing + operation area skin pre-depletion

Routine operations

 Diet

No need to fast water or water deprivation

fasting 6 h, water deprivation 2 h

 Prevention of gastrointestinal reactions

Application of serotonin receptor antagonists

No

Intraoperative

 

 Anesthesia monitoring

Anesthesiologist for intraoperative testing, if necessary, analgesia and other drugs

No

 Prevention of hypothermia

Keep warm and prevent low temperature

No

 Operation

Local subcutaneous injection of ropivacaine to relieve postoperative incision pain

No

Postoperative

 

 Postoperative analgesia

Active administration, avoiding opioid use, NSAIDs use

Analgesia on demand

 Postoperative rehydration

No

Intravenous injection of dexamethasone 10 mg/day, for a total of 3 days

 Postoperative nutrition

Nutritionists develop perioperative nutrition plans

Normal diet

 Exercise of lumbar back muscle function

The rehabilitation physician formulates the rehabilitation exercise plan of psoas dorsal muscle and core muscle group after operation

Exercise of lumbar back muscle function

 Getting out of bed

3 h postoperative

48 h postoperative

  1. ERAS enhanced recovery after surgery