Perioperative medicine & outcomes
Implementation of an Enhanced Recovery after Surgery Pathway in Adolescent Patients Undergoing Periacetabular Osteotomy
Authors' conclusion
Multidisciplinary enhanced recovery after surgery pathways continue to play a critical role in standardizing perioperative care, reducing unwarranted variation, and promoting faster recovery across paediatric populations.
Study context
- Population
- Adolescents undergoing periacetabular osteotomy, single institution, 2018 to present
- Exposure
- ERAS pathway vs baseline
- Outcome
- Compliance >70% for intraoperative medication bundle elements (SMART aim)
- Follow-up
- First PDSA cycle
Methodological detailsPlan-Do-Study-Act cycles, multidisciplinary, pre-post comparison with baseline cohort
- Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles
- Multidisciplinary
- Pre-post comparison with baseline cohort
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Intraoperative medication bundle compliance
ERAS
90%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Hospital LOS
Postoperative pain scores
- Minimal change in average postoperative pain scores
Safety
- Hospital readmissions · within 30 days of surgery — ERAS
- 0 events
Original publication
Implementation of an Enhanced Recovery after Surgery Pathway in Adolescent Patients Undergoing Periacetabular Osteotomy. Paediatr Anaesth. Published 18 April 2026. doi:10.
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