Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) strategy has been used in the patient management of different diseases, but up to now, few effort has been done to evaluate the effectiveness of ERAS in patients perioperative management of cervical spine surgery. As a interdisciplinary cooperation system, either qualitative or quantitative method alone can not completely reflect the function of ERAS. Mixed model research (MMR) is a appropriate method to evaluate a complex system, but it has not been used in ERAS evaluation. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of ERAS in the perioperative period of posterior approach of cervical spine operation among patients with CSM using MMR, including the retrospective quantitative part and prospective qualitative part. In the retrospective part, we will collect the data of length of stay, VAS scores, mJOA scores and SF-36 scores to compare the difference between ERAS group and regular group. In the prospective part, we will collect the data from the focus group meetings and personal interviews of patients, to verify that ERAS has the ability to improve the postoperative outcomes, while maintain an equal surgical effect.
Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) strategy has been used in the patient management of different diseases. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of ERAS in the perioperative period of posterior approach of cervical spine operation among patients with CSM.