Application of enhanced recovery after surgery in perioperative care of infants and children with Hirschsprung disease

Figure 1 Enrollment process of infants and children with Hirschsprung disease. A total 49 infants with Hirschsprung disease (HD) were admitted to our hospital during the study period. Initially, 43 infants with HD, whose parents provided consent to participate in the study, were included. Owing to loss to follow-up, data from the remaining 38 infants with HD were included in the analysis. HD: Hirschsprung disease; ERAS: Enhanced recovery after surgery.

Figure 2 Differences in the incidence of postoperative complications between the enhanced recovery after surgery and control groups. The upper row shows the odds ratio and 95% confidence interval of risk analysis, and the middle row shows the P value of difference comparisons, the lower row shows the power of test. The incidence of enterocolitis did not differ between the two groups, and the risk of ileus was not significant; however, perianal dermatitis and defecation dysfunction were lower in the enhanced recovery after surgery group than in the control group (P < 0.05). Thus, the enhanced recovery after surgery protocol is helpful in reducing the incidence of some postoperative complications in infants and children with Hirschsprung disease. ^aP < 0.05, risk analysis. ERAS: Enhanced recovery after surgery; OR: Odds ratio.