Table 3.
Summary of elements in an enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) programme included in each study
| Study | Preoperative | Perioperative | Postoperative | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Counselling | Feeding | No pre-med | Thrombo-embolic prophylaxis | No bowel prep | No drain | Epidural analgesia | Fluid restriction | Prevention of hypothermia | No NG tube | Early oral feeding (from PoD 1) | Mobilization from PoD 1 | Laxatives | Early removal of bladder catheter | |
| van Dam et al. 200816 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Lin et al. 201122 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Stoot et al. 200923 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Hendry et al. 201020 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Koea et al. 200921 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| MacKay & O'Dwyer 200824 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||
PoD, postoperative day.