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World J Gastrointest Oncol. Jan 15, 2026; 18(1): 116312
Published online Jan 15, 2026. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v18.i1.116312
Published online Jan 15, 2026. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v18.i1.116312
Enhanced recovery after surgery-based recovery room nursing improves perioperative safety in gastrointestinal tumor surgery
Wan-Qi Zhong, Su Wu, Ru-Xin Jiang, Dan-Yang Li, Jun Zhou, Jiang-Xia Wu, Ruo-Jing Zeng, Hui Zhi, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou 450000, Henan Province, China
Shao-Ru Chen, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Zhengzhou University People's Hospital, Zhengzhou 450000, Henan Province, China
Co-corresponding authors: Ruo-Jing Zeng and Hui Zhi.
Author contributions: Zeng RJ and Zhi H contribute equally to this study as co-corresponding authors; Zhong WQ and Wu S contributed to the study design, protocol development, and manuscript drafting; Jiang RX and Chen SR were responsible for patient recruitment, data collection, and implementation of perioperative nursing interventions; Li DY and Zhou J carried out nursing procedures in the post-anesthesia care unit and recorded relevant clinical data; Wu JX performed statistical analysis and prepared the tables; Zeng RJ assisted with data interpretation and literature review; Zhi H supervised the study design, critically reviewed the manuscript, and participated in its revision; all authors reviewed and approved the final version of the manuscript.
Supported by 2025 Henan Medical Education Research Project, No. WJLX2025038.
Institutional review board statement: The study protocol was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of Henan Provincial People's Hospital (Approval No. 2025-02).
Informed consent statement: Written informed consent was obtained from all individual participants or their legal guardians prior to their inclusion in the study.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All authors declare that they have no financial or personal relationships that could have influenced the work reported in this paper.
STROBE statement: The authors have read the STROBE Statement—checklist of items, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the STROBE Statement—checklist of items.
Data sharing statement: The datasets used and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
Open Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Hui Zhi, Chief Nurse, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, No. 7 Weiwu Road, Jinshui District, Zhengzhou 450000, Henan Province, China. zhihuisry@163.com
Received: November 14, 2025
Revised: December 5, 2025
Accepted: December 17, 2025
Published online: January 15, 2026
Processing time: 58 Days and 18.8 Hours
Revised: December 5, 2025
Accepted: December 17, 2025
Published online: January 15, 2026
Processing time: 58 Days and 18.8 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: This study innovatively optimized the post-anesthesia care unit nursing process based on the enhanced recovery after surgery concept. It demonstrates that this structured, evidence-based protocol significantly accelerates patient recovery, reduces complications and adverse events, and improves satisfaction in gastrointestinal tumor surgery, providing a refined management model for this critical perioperative phase.