Table 4.
Elements of enhanced recovery protocol included per study in the postoperative period
| Author | Design | Postoperative | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No use of drains | Enforced postoperative mobilisation | No routine use of nasogastric tubes | No systemic morphine | Enforced postoperative oral feeding | Early removal of catheter | Laxatives | ||
| Teewen20 | CCT | x | x | x | x | x | ||
| Muller18 | RCT | x | x | x | x | x | ||
| Serclova19 | RCT | x | x | x | x | x | ||
| Khoo5 | RCT | x | x | x | x | x | ||
| Polle13 | CCT | x | x | x | x | x | x | |
| Kariv21 | CCT | x | x | x | ||||
| Wichmann24 | CCT | x | x | |||||
| Gatt4 | RCT | x | x | x | x | x | ||
| Basse7 | CCT | x | x | x | x | x | ||
| Raue22 | CCT | x | x | x | x | x | x | |
| Anderson10 | RCT | x | x | x | x | x | ||
| Delaney12 | RCT | x | x | x | ||||
| Stephen23 | CCT | x | x | x | x | |||
CCT = clinical controlled trial; RCT = randomised controlled trial