Enhanced Recovery After Surgery in Extremity Sarcoma
Joshua Lawrenz
Summary
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the efficacy of implementing the enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) pathway in a prospective manner to patients undergoing surgical treatment for extremity sarcoma.
Description
Specifically, the focus of this study will be regarding the administration of a perioperative non-narcotic, multimodal pain management pathway. Primary endpoints collected with be short-term patient reported outcomes (pain scores \[PROMIS\] and \[QoR-15\]), limb function scores \[MSTS\], and key clinical outcomes (hospital length of stay, opioid requirements/prescribing data and perioperative complications).
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * Any patient at Vanderbilt University Medical Center treated with surgical excision of a suspected extremity sarcoma * Adult patients \>17 years of age * Patients of all preoperative opioid status (naïve or dependent) Exclusion Criteria: * Patients treated non-operatively * Non-English speaking patients
Interventions
- ProcedureEnhanced Recovery After Surgery
Undergo an enhanced recovery after surgery program
Location
- Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Tennessee