Table 2.

Number of fast-track items used in included studies

	van Dam et al. (2008)10	Stoot et al. (2009)28	Lin et al. (2011)27	Wichmann et al. (2006)31	Kennedy et al (2007)30	Balzano et al. (2008)9	Kennedy et al. (2009)29
Preadmission counselling	+	+	+		+	+	+
No bowel preparation	+	+	+				+
Pre-operative fasting and pre-operative carbohydrate loading	+	+	+	+
No pre-anaesthetic medication	+	+	+
Thromboembolic prophylaxis	+	+	+		+	+	+
Prophylactic antibiotics	+	+	+		+	+	+
Epidural analgesia	+	+	+	+		+
Prevention of post-operative nausea and vomiting	+	+				+
Laparoscopic surgery		+
Minimal incisions		+
No standard nasogastric tubes post-operatively	+	+	+
Prevention of intra-operative hypothermia	+	+		+
Fluid restriction	+	+	+		+		+
No surgical drains	+	+	+
Prevention of post-operative ileus	+	+
No systemic opioids	+	+	+
Post-operative nutritional care	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Early mobilization	+	+	+	+	+	+	+