FIGURE 5.
Forest plot comparing time to return of flatus and feces and incidence of paralytic ileus for patients receiving GDFT versus control including studies with estimated data, divided by those managed using ERAS or traditional principles. An inverse-variance random effects model was used to conduct the meta-analysis, and mean differences are quoted including 95% confidence intervals. The Mantel-Haenszel random effects model with risk ratios was used for postoperative ileus.