Impact of enhanced recovery after surgery protocol on postoperative complications and hospital stay following laparoscopic distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer.

BMC Gastroenterol · 2026 · PMC13137642 · PMID 41877007

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did not reach statistical significanceP = 0.096so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Postoperative complications and pain intensity The overall incidence of postoperative complications tended to be lower in the ERAS group compared to the control group, though this difference did not reach statistical significance (10.31% vs. 18.82%, OR 0.50; 95% CI, 0.21–1.17; P = 0.096) ( Table 4 ; Fig. 2 A ) .

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a numerical trendno p-value reported

Although individual complication rates did not demonstrate statistically significant differences between groups, the ERAS protocol showed a numerical trend toward lower complication rates.

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