Efficacy of the enhanced recovery after surgery protocol in operating room nursing of patients following single-port video-assisted thoracoscopic lung cancer surgery: A retrospective study

This study assessed the efficacy of the enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocol in operating room nursing care for patients who underwent single-port video-assisted thoracoscopic lung cancer surgery. The study included 82 surgical lung cancer cases. The patients underwent single-port video-assisted thoracoscopic lung cancer surgery between April 1, 2021, and June 31, 2022. Of the 82 patients, 42 received nursing care under the ERAS protocol (experimental group) and 40 had routine nursing care (control group) in the operation room. Based on the 2 different nursing care approaches, the postoperative functional recovery efficacy, quality of life, postoperative complications, and psychological status were compared between the 2 groups. In our analysis, the mean anal venting time, average early out-of-bed time, the average time to liquid resumption, atelectasis, and pulmonary infection rate were significantly lower in the experimental group than in the control group (P < .05). The Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) and the Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) scores were also significantly lower in the experimental group than in the control group (P < .05). Other indicators were not significantly different between the 2 groups. Our results show that the implementation of an ERAS protocol in operating room nursing care is feasible and should be clinically applied. The ERAS protocol may enhance the recovery of patients who underwent single-port video-assisted thoracoscopic lung cancer surgery.