title: Fast-track surgery improves postoperative recovery in patients undergoing partial hepatectomy for primary liver cancer: A prospective randomized controlled trial.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Fast-track surgery (FTS), combining several techniques with evidence-based adjustments, has shown its effectiveness to accelerate recovery, reduce morbidity and shorten hospital stay in many operations. This randomized controlled study was carried out aiming to compare the short-term outcomes of partial hepatectomy for liver cancer managed with FTS or with conventional surgery (CS).
  
  
  METHODS
  To compare the short-term effects between FTS and CS, a randomized controlled trial was carried out for liver cancer patients undergoing partial hepatectomy from September 2010 to June 2012.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Patients with liver cancers before receiving partial hepatectomy were randomized into the FTS group (n = 80) and the CS group (n = 80). Compared with the CS group, the FTS group had significantly less complications (P < 0.05), shorter durations of nausea/vomiting, paralytic ileus and hospital stay, higher general comfort questionnaire measures (GCQ) by Kolcaba Line (all P < 0.05), and lower serum levels of C-reactive protein on postoperative days 1, 3, and 5.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  FTS was safe and efficacious. It lessened postoperative stress reactions and accelerated recovery for patients undergoing partial hepatectomy for liver cancer.
authors.affiliation: Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Ni
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Y Q
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: W Y
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.forename: Z H
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: W P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007418:Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D007902:Length of Stay; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009325:Nausea / Q000209:etiology; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D002097:C-Reactive Protein