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. 2021 May;38(5):212–219. doi: 10.12788/fp.0124

TABLE 2.

Patient Demographics

Characteristics Total (n = 296) ERAS (n = 100) SOC (n = 196) P value (FDR)
Age, mean (SD), y 67.7 (7.1) 66.7 (7.4) 68.2 (6.9) .07 (.11)

Male, No. (%) 280 (94.6) 96 (96.0) 184 (93.9) .59 (.59)

Body mass index, mean (SD) 30.4 (2.9) 30.6 (3.0) 30.2 (2.8) .28 (.30)

Anesthesia, No. (%)
 Subarachnoid block monitored anesthesia 100 (33.8) 84 (84) 16 (8.2) .0001 (.0004)
 General endotracheal anesthesia 196 (66.2) 16 (16) 180 (91.8) .0001 (.0004)

Preoperative, mean (SD)
 Functional Independence Measurementa 6.4 (0.7) 6.2 (0.7) 6.5 (0.7) 01 (.03)
 Knee flexion, degrees 110.7 (13.3) 109.4 (10.7) 111.4 (14.4) 18 (.22)

Postsurgical narcotics use, No. (%)
 Within 3 mo 141 (47.6) 36 (36) 105 (53.6) .005 (.009)
 Within 6 mo 89 (30.1) 16 (16) 73 (37.2) .0002 (.0006)

Length of hospital stay, median (IQR), h 47.4 (46.7) 22.3 (2.8) 66.8 (24.5) .0001 (.0004)

Postoperative, No. (%)
 Complications 27 (9.1) 5 (05) 22 (11.2) .09 (.12)
 Nausea/vomiting 32 (10.8) 3 (03) 29 (14.8) .001 (.0031)

Abbreviations: ERAS, enhanced recovery after surgery; FDR, false discovery rate; SOC, standard of care; IQR, interquartile range.

a

Range 1 to 7 with a higher score indicating better functional independence.