Patients' refusal as major limitation of early discharge after colorectal resection in an enhanced recovery program.

Purpose: The reduction of length of hospitalization without compromising the patient's safety constitutes the challenge of the enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) programs. Our aim was to evaluate the feasibility and safety of a 3-day hospitalization after colectomy and 5-day hospitalization after proctectomy in the setting of an ERAS program.

Methods: An ERAS program was prospectively proposed to all patients who required a colorectal resection (January 2014-December 2018) with a 3- or 5-day discharge objective.

A trial of intraoperative low-tidal-volume ventilation in abdominal surgery.

Background: Lung-protective ventilation with the use of low tidal volumes and positive end-expiratory pressure is considered best practice in the care of many critically ill patients. However, its role in anesthetized patients undergoing major surgery is not known.

Methods: In this multicenter, double-blind, parallel-group trial, we randomly assigned 400 adults at intermediate to high risk of pulmonary complications after major abdominal surgery to either nonprotective mechanical ventilation or a strategy of lung-protective ventilation.

Lidocaine versus ropivacaine for perineal infiltration post-episiotomy.

Objective: To evaluate maternal analgesia after an episiotomy during delivery.

Methods: The present case-control study compared 2 protocols of post-episiotomy infiltration: period A, 20 mL of lidocaine 10mg/mL; period B, 20 mL of ropivacaine 7.5mg/mL.