| Characteristics | Fast tract surgery | Conventional |
| Preoperative | ||
| Counseling | Gives great importance | Take no account |
| Fasting | Fasting for 6 h: water deprivation for 2 h | Fasting for 12 h; water deprivation for 4 h |
| Gut preparation | No routine | Oral laxatives, mechanical bowel preparation |
| Nasogastric tube | No routine or pill the gastric tube as soon as possible after surgery | Preoperative routine use of nasogastric tube |
| Intraoperative | ||
| Transfusion and insulation | Intraoperative as small as possible | No such emphasis |
| Incision processing | as small as possible | No such emphasis |
| Postoperative | ||
| Analgesia | Opioid sparing—Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug intravenously after surgery or epidural | No such restriction or limitation |
| Urine tube | Unplugged within 48 h | Unplugged 3 - 5 days after surgery |
| Off-bed activity | One day after surgery | Do not require |
| Sips of water (SOW) start day | POD1 (Postoperative day) | POD2 |
| Soft diet start day | POD2 | POD3 |