Publications by authors named "S Bisch"

Importance: A comprehensive review of the evidence exploring the outcomes of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) guidelines has not been completed.

Objective: To evaluate if ERAS guidelines are associated with improved hospital length of stay, hospital readmission, complications, and mortality compared with usual surgical care, and to understand differences in estimates based on study and patient factors.

Data Sources: MEDLINE, Embase, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, and Cochrane Central were searched from inception until June 2021.

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Objectives: The objectives of our quality improvement (QI) initiative were (1) to increase the rate of same-day discharge (SDD) in eligible gynecologic oncology (GO) patients to 70% and (2) to evaluate the ease with which QI methods demonstrated in one study could be applied at another center.

Design: A pre-/postintervention design was used (50 patients/group).

Setting: SDD in patients undergoing minimally invasive GO surgery is a recent trend aligned with Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) principles.

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Introduction: Iron-deficiency anaemia is common in gynaecological oncology patients. Blood transfusions are immunosuppressive and carry immediate and long-term risks. Oral iron replacement remains the standard of care but requires prolonged treatment courses associated with gastrointestinal side effects, poor compliance and variable absorption in cancer patients.

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Objectives: To characterize the effect of transversus abdominis plane (TAP) blocks on post-operative outcomes in patients undergoing laparotomy for gynecologic malignancy.

Methods: This retrospective cohort study assessed patients undergoing laparotomy in 2016-2017 and 2020 in Alberta, Canada. The primary outcome was opioid consumption in oral morphine milligram equivalent (MME).

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Objective: To evaluate the safety and the effectiveness of thoracic epidural analgesia as part of the enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) multimodal analgesic protocol in patients with gynecologic oncology who have undergone laparotomy for suspected or confirmed malignancy.

Methods: We conducted a prospective cohort study, following an enhanced recovery after surgery pathway, among patients who had undergone laparotomy for confirmed or suspected gynecological malignancy between January 2020 and September 2021. All patients who underwent laparotomy at the gynecologic oncology department for the aforementioned reason during that time were considered eligible.

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