{
  "abstract": "Background and Aims Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) is a multidisciplinary, evidence-based protocol involving perioperative interventions to improve recovery. Although ERAS has been applied in neurosurgical procedures especially craniotomies, its role in endoscopic endonasal skull base surgeries remains unclear. This study aimed to establish the role of ERAS versus conventional anaesthetic care on postoperative recovery in such procedures.Methods 60 participants (30 in each group) were randomly divided into two groups: Group I (ERAS protocol) and group II (Conventional anaesthetic technique)[ figure 1]. The primary objective was to compare the difference between quality of postoperative recovery using Quality of recovery (QoR 15) scoring system in both the groups. The secondary objectives were to compare the day of ambulation, duration of hospital stay and postoperative pain scores.Results QoR15 score was comparable between both the groups at the baseline (p value 0.473). At 24 hours postoperatively, mean QoR 15 score was slightly higher in ERAS group (98.40±4.45) as compared to conventional group (96.56±4.40), but this difference was not statistically significant (p-value=0.11). ERAS patients ambulated earlier 2.30±0.535 days vs 3.30±0.915 days in conventional group with statistically significant difference (p<0.001) but the duration of hospital stay remained statistically non-significant (ERAS vs Conventional, 5.20±0.761 vs 5.47±0.86, mean difference = -0.27, p=0.209). NRS showed a tendency towards low pain scores in the ERAS group as compared to conventional group at all the time points from 1 hour to 24 hours post-surgery with p<0.001, showing statistically significant difference.Abstract EP129 Figure 1Institutional ethical committee certificateConclusions ERAS protocol did not confer early recovery benefit as compared to conventional anaesthesia technique within first 24 hours postoperatively as measured by QoR 15 score in patients undergoing endoscopic endonasal skull base surgeries. However, ERAS offers significant advantages over conventional technique in terms of earlier ambulation and better pain management till 24 postoperative hours.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, AIIMS Jodhpur, Jodhpur, India"
      ],
      "name": "Manbir Kaur"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, AIIMS Jodhpur, Jodhpur, India"
      ],
      "name": "Shelly Singh"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Neurosurgery, AIIMS Jodhpur, Jodhpur, India"
      ],
      "name": "Jaskaran Singh Gosal"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, AIIMS Jodhpur, Jodhpur, India"
      ],
      "name": "Pradeep Kumar Bhatia"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, AIIMS Jodhpur, Jodhpur, India"
      ],
      "name": "Priyanka Sethi"
    }
  ],
  "title": "EP129 Comparison of enhanced recovery after surgery versus conventional anesthesia technique on postoperative recovery in the patients undergoing endoscopic endonasal skull base surgeries",
  "uid": "3116e4d0-94ab-525b-a11c-bcd0a2328417"
}