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Objective:To explore the effect of early drinking and eating for gastric cancer patients with multimode health propaganda and education during postoperative Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS).Methods:Sixty patients who would received radical operation of gastric cancer were randomly divided into two groups:observation group (30 cases) and control group (30 cases).Patients in the observation group were employed the multi-mode health propaganda and education which were guided more detailed and quantitative regimens for early drinking and eating.Patients in the control group were carried out with routine methods.The compliance of postoperative drinking and eating,the rate of complications and patients satisfaction were compared between the two groups.Results:The compliance of postoperative drinking and eating of the observation group was significantly higher than that of the control group.Hospital patient satisfaction in health-education projects (19.50 ± 0.50) of the observation group was significantly higher than that (16.12 ± 3.21) of the control group (P ＜ 0.05).The rate of gastrointestinal complications in the observation patients was significantly lower,compared with that in the control patients (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion:During the postoperative ERAS for gastric cancer patients,early drinking and eating guided by multi-mode health propaganda and education is safe and effective,for which could increase the postoperative compliance,decrease the rate of complication.It is worth promoting early quantitative drinking and eating after operation.
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<p><b>Background</b>Most studies on enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) for gastric cancer exclude patients who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Here, we aimed to evaluate whether patients who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy can be enrolled into the ERAS program for locally advanced gastric cancer.</p><p><b>Methods</b>From April 2015 to July 2017, 114 patients who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy for locally advanced gastric cancer were randomized into ERAS and standard care (SC) groups. Postoperative length of stay, complications, bowel function, and nutritional status were recorded.</p><p><b>Results:</b>The postoperative length of stay of the ERAS group was shorter compared with that of the SC group (5.9 ± 5.6 vs. 8.1 ± 5.3 days, P = 0.037). The postoperative complication rate was 9.3% in the ERAS group and 11.5% in the SC group (P = 0.700). The time to first flatus (2.7 ± 2.0 vs. 4.5 ± 4.6 days, P = 0.010) and time to a semi-liquid diet (3.2 ± 2.1 vs. 6.3 ± 4.9 days, P < 0.001) in the ERAS group were shorter compared with those in the SC group. On the 10day after surgery, the values of weight, total protein, albumin, and prealbumin of the ERAS group were lower compared with those of the SC group.</p><p><b>Conclusions:</b>Patients who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy could be enrolled into ERAS programs for locally advanced gastric cancer. The nutritional status of these patients was not adversely affected.</p>