Application of enhanced recovery after surgery techniques in gastrointestinal surgery patients

Table 1 Comparison of postoperative outcomes between the enhanced recovery after surgery group and the control group

	ERAS group (n = 53)	Control group (n = 62)	t	P value
Time to first ambulation post-surgery (days)	1.21	3.18	19.64	< 0.05a
Time to first feeding post-surgery (days)	1.65	5.38	19.09	< 0.05a
Duration of abdominal drain placement post-surgery (days)	4.29	5.04	3.67	< 0.05a
Duration of urinary catheter placement post-surgery (days)	1.38	2.28	8.14	< 0.05a
Length of hospital stay post-surgery (days)	6.90	10.28	9.13	< 0.05a
Total hospitalization cost (in ten thousand yuan)	4.6	4.9	4.02	< 0.05a
Readmission rate (%)	1.9	3.2	0.202	0.653

^aP < 0.05.

ERAS: Enhanced recovery after surgery.