Table 2.
Patient characteristics, preoperative and operative details.
| Characteristic |
Patient group |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-ERAS |
ERAS |
||
| Patients | n = 79 | n = 73 | |
| Age, yr (SD) | 50.1 (9.12) | 51.1 (9,36) | 0.497 |
| BMI, kg/m2 (SD) | 27.1 (2.32) | 26.3 (2.46) | 0.041b |
| ASA score, n (%) | 0.294c | ||
| I | 27 (34) | 19 (26) | |
| II | 50 (63) | 52 (71) | |
| III | 2 (3) | 2 (3) | |
| Active smoker, n (%) | 0 (0) | 2 (3) | 0.139 |
| Comorbidity, n (%) | 22 (28) | 24 (33) | 0.500 |
| Hypertension | 7 (9) | 5 (7) | |
| Diabetes Mellitus | 3 (4) | 5 (7) | |
| Asthma | 6 (8) | 7 (10) | |
| COPD | 1 (1) | 2 (3) | |
| Crohn's disease/Ulcerative Colitis | 2 (3) | 0 (0) | |
| Other | 8 (10) | 8 (11) | |
| Chest wall radiation, n (%) | 39 (49) | 40 (55) | 0.503 |
| Timing of reconstruction, n (%) | 0.542 | ||
| Immediate | 16 (20) | 10 (14) | |
| Delayed | 56 (71) | 55 (75) | |
| Botha | 7 (9) | 8 (11) | |
| Laterality, n (%) | 0.951 | ||
| Unilateral | 48 (61) | 44 (60) | |
| Bilateral | 31 (39) | 29 (40) | |
a
Includes patients who had bilateral breast reconstruction with 1 side immediate and the other delayed.
b
Statistical significant.
c
Included in the multivariate regression analysis; Abbreviations: BMI, Body Mass Index kg/m [2], ASA, American Society of Anesthesiologist Physical Status, COPD, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.