Table 1.

Detailed perioperative management procedure for patients who underwent laparoscopic radical gastrectomy

		Distal gastrectomy	Total gastrectomy	Proximal gastrectomy
Gastrectomy-specific ERAS care	Preoperative nutrition for malnourished patients	○	○	○
	Preoperative oral pharmaconutrion
	Laparoscopic access	○	○	○
	Transversus abdominis plane block	○	○	○
	Nasogastric/nasojejunal decompression	○
	Avoiding the use of abdominal drains
	Early postoperative diet and artificial nutrition	○
	Audit	○	○	○
General ERAS care	Dedicated preoperative counselling	○	○	○
	Abstinence of smoking and alcohol consumption	○	○	○
	Do not use mechanical bowel preparation	○	○	○
	Preoperative fasting and preoperative treatment with carbohydrates	○	○	○
	Optimal anaesthetic management	○	○	○
	Preanaesthetic medication
	Antithrombotic prophylaxis	○	○	○
	Antimicrobial prophylaxis and skin preparation	○	○	○
	Epidural analgesia
	Intravenous analgesia through PCA	○	○	○
	Multimodal intervention for PONV	○	○	○
	Avoiding intraoperative hypothermia	○	○	○
	Postoperative glycemic control	○	○	○
	Near-zero fluid balance	○	○	○
	Removing urinary drainage on POD1–2	○	○	○
	Stimulation of bowel movement	○	○	○
	Early and scheduled mobilization	○	○	○

ERAS enhanced recovery after surgery; PCA patient-controlled analgesia; PONV postoperative nausea and vomiting; POD postoperative day