Introduction/Background Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Programs (ERP) include multimodal approaches of perioperative patient´s clinical pathways designed to achieve early recovery after surgery and a decreased length of hospital stay (LOS). By allowing patients to return rapidly to their everyday surroundings, older patients are those who could take the greatest benefit from ERP. This is the first study to date to assess feasibility and safety of ERP on older patients undergoing gynaecologic oncological surgery.

Methodology Data were prospectively collected between December 2015 and September 2017 at the Institut Paoli-Calmettes, a French comprehensive cancer centre. All the patients included in the study were referred for hysterectomy and/or pelvic or para-aortic lymphadenectomy for gynaecological cancer. The primary objective was to achieve similar LOS in patients ≥70 years old compared to younger patients without increasing the proportion of complications and readmission rates. A binary (LOS < or ≥ 2 days) logistic regression was built, including age, Charlson score, BMI, ASA score, oncological indication, surgical procedures and surgical approaches.

Results Of a total of 329 patients, 75 were ≥70 years old and 254 were <70. There were no differences in patient´s characteristics and surgical procedures. Age ≥ 70 years was associated with a longer LOS (means, 3.88 vs. 3.11 days; p=0.024) only in univariate analysis. Considering the logistic regression, age was no longer associated with LOS. Total hysterectomy with pelvic lymphadenectomy and ASA score ≥ 3 were independently associated with longer LOS while mini-invasive techniques were associated with a shorter LOS. Morbidities and readmissions occurred respectively in 23% and 8% of the total population without any difference between the two groups. In the ≥70 years old population.

Conclusion Our study shows that ERP for patients over 70 years of age undergoing gynaecologic oncological surgery is as safe and feasible as on younger patients.

Disclosure Nothing to disclose