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Table 3 Length of hospital stay and complications within 30 days after surgery

From: Limited impact of a top-down approach to improve enhanced recovery programme in French university hospitals: a before-after retrospective survey

Type of surgery/outcome

Length of hospital stay (day)

2015/2017/p*

Incidence of complications within 30 days after surgery (n/%)

2015/2017/p

Prolongation of hospital stay (day)

2015/2017/p

New hospital admission within 30 days after surgery

2015/2017/p

TKA

(n = 195/137)

8.7 (6.7)/7.1 (3.4)

p < 0.001

17 (8.7%)/12 (8.8%)

NS

11(5.6%)/1(0.7%)

p = 0.003

11 (5.6%)/2 (1.5%)

NS

Colectomy

(n = 163/96)

10.5 (6.5)/13.8 (38.1)

NS

18 (11%)/11(11.5%)

NS

7 (4.3%)/8 (8.3%)

NS

5 (3.1%)/5 (5.2%)

NS

Hysterectomy

(n = 190/120)

4.6 (2.6)/4.2 (2.3)

NS

9 (4.7%)/4 (3.3%)

NS

6 (3.2%)/3 (2.5%)

NS

6 (3.2%)/2 (1.7%)

NS

THA

(n = 99/66)

8.2 (4.1)/8.7 (15.5)

p = 0.011

11 (11.1%)/1 (1.5%)

p = 0.029

5 (5.1%)/1 (1.5%)

NS

3 (3.0%)/2 (3.0%)

NS

Gastrectomy

(n = 69/32)

17.7 (17)/15.7 (8.6)

NS

22 (31.9%)/9 (28.1%)

NS

15 (21.7%)/6 (18.8%)

NS

7 (10.1%)/3 (9.4%)

NS

Ovariectomy

(n = 96/58)

5.5 (24.2)/3.7 (4.6)

NS

2 (2.1%)/3 (5.2%)

NS

2 (2.1%)/3 (5.2%)

NS

1 (1.0%)/1 (1.7%)

NS

  1. P*, Wilcoxon rank-sum tests