Value Evaluation of Applying the Concept of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery in the Reengineering of Operating Room Service Processes

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the clinical value of the concept of enhanced recovery after surgery in the reengineering of operating room service processes. Methods: 260 patients scheduled for elective surgery in a tertiary grade A hospital from January 2023 to December 2023 were randomly divided into a control group and an observation group, with 130 cases in each group. The control group used the traditional operating room service process, while the observation group used the process reengineering plan integrated with the ERAS concept. Perioperative indicators, postoperative recovery, complication rates, and patient satisfaction were compared between the two groups. Results: The observation group had shorter preoperative fasting and fluid deprivation time, surgical waiting time, first postoperative ambulation time, first anal exhaust time and hospital stay than the control group, lower intraoperative hypothermia, postoperative nausea and vomiting and total complication rates than the control group, and higher patient satisfaction than the control group. The differences were statistically significant. Conclusion: ERAS concept for operating room service process reengineering can improve perioperative management, accelerate postoperative recovery speed, reduce the incidence of complications, enhance patients’ medical experience, and has good clinical application value.