Table 2.
Perioperative care interventions of included studies.
| Lee et al. (17) | Hughes et al. (18) | Takamoto et al. (19) | Wong-Lun-Hing et al. (20) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preoperative | ||||
| Education and counseling | √ | √ | √ | |
| No prolonged starvation | √ | √ | √ | |
| No bowel preparation | √ | √ | ||
| Carbohydrate drink | ||||
| One-shot prophylactic antibiotics | √ | √ | √ | |
| Prevention of ileus | ||||
| Intraoperative | ||||
| Short-acting anesthetics | √ | √ | ||
| Fluid restriction | √ | √ | ||
| Epidural anesthesia | √ | √ | √ | |
| TAP/local wound analgesia | ||||
| Minimal invasive surgery | √ | |||
| Keep patient warm | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Postoperative | ||||
| No NG tube | √ | √ | √ | |
| Immediate mobilization | √ | √ | √ | |
| Multimodal opioid-sparing analgesia | √ | |||
| Begin oral food intake on POD 1 | √ | √ | √ | |
| Removal of urinary catheter on POD 1 | √ | |||
| Regular laxatives | ||||
| Discontinuation of IVF | √ | √ |
TAP, transversus abdominis plane, NG, nasogastric, POD, postoperative day, IVF, intravenous fluid.