TABLE 1.
Baseline Patient Demographics for All Included Studies
| Reference | ERAS or Traditional | Number of Patients | Type of Surgery | Laparoscopic Approach | ASA 1:2:3:4 | ||||
| GDFT | Control | GDFT | Control | GDFT | Control | GDFT | Control | ||
| Pestana 201428 | Traditional | 72 | 70 | 54 colonic, 2 abdominoperineal resection, 11 gastric surgery, 5 other | 50 colonic, 3 abdominoperineal, 11 gastric, 6 other | 0 | 0 | 2:31:37:2 | 2:34:34:0 |
| Phan 201421 | ERAS | 50 | 50 | 12 right hemicolectomy, 17 anterior resection, 21 other (29 cancer surgery) | 14 right hemicolectomy, 22 anterior resection, 1 abdominoperineal, 13 other (34 cancer surgery) | 31 (additional 8 converted to open) | 28 (additional 8 converted to open) | Median ASA class 2 (1–3) | Median ASA class 2 (1–3) |
| Zeng 201429 | Traditional | 30 | 30 | All radical gastric cancer surgery | All radical gastric cancer surgery | Not stated | Not stated | 0:31:9:0 | 0:32:8:0 |
| Zheng 201330 | ERAS | 30 | 30 | 6 gastrectomy, 4 radical gastrectomy for cancer, 7 proctectomy, 9 partial small bowel resection, 4 radical colectomy for cancer | 5 gastrectomy, 6 radical gastrectomy for cancer, 6 proctectomy, 7 partial small bowel resection, 6 radical colectomy for cancer | 0 | 0 | 0:11:19:0 | 0:13:17:0 |
| Salzwedel 201331 | Traditional | 79 | 81 | 47 bowel, 32 non-bowel | 41 bowel, 40 non-bowel | 0 | 0 | 33 ASA III | 33 ASA III |
| Scheeren 201332 | Traditional | 26 | 26 | 11 major abdominal surgery, 15 radical cystectomy | 12 major abdominal surgery, 14 radical cystectomy | Not stated | Not stated | 0:0:24:2 | 0:0:26:0 |
| Ramsingh 201333 | Traditional | 18 | 20 | 8 gyneoncology including TAH/BSO, 5 GI surgery inc. small and large bowel, 3 urologic oncology inc. cystectomy with ileal conduit, 2 Whipple's procedures | 9 gyneoncology, 8 GI surgery, 0 urologic, 3 Whipple's procedures | 0 | 0 | Not stated | Not stated |
| Bundgaard-Nielsen 201334 | ERAS | 21 | 21 | All open radical prostatectomy | All open radical prostatectomy | 0 | 0 | 14:7:0:0 | 12:9:0:0 |
| McKenny 201335 | Traditional | 51 | 50 | 51 major gynecologic (36 malignant; 19 ovarian cancer) | 50 major gynecologic (36 malignant; 17 ovarian cancer) | 0 | 0 | Mean ASA 2.0 (0.6) | Mean ASA 2.0 (0.7) |
| Srinivasa 201336 | ERAS | 37 | 37 | 14 right hemicolectomy, 4 extended right hemicolectomy, 14 high anterior resection, 5 total/subtotal colectomy | 17 right hemicolectomy, 5 extended right hemicolectomy, 14 high anterior resection, 1 total/subtotal colectomy | 5 | 6 | 5:20:12:0 | 5:15:17:0 |
| Zakhaleva 201338 | ERAS | 32 | 40 | 24 colectomy, 7 proctectomy, 1 small bowel resection - 16 malignant, 11 benign, 5 inflammatory bowel disease | 30 colectomy, 6 proctectomy, 4 small bowel resection - 17 malignant, 19 benign, 4 inflammatory bowel disease | 16 + 2 converted to open | 19 + 5 converted to open | 0:7:26:0 | 0:7:32:0 |
| Brandstrup 201237 | ERAS | 71 | 79 | All elective colorectal | All elective colorectal | 32, additional 11 converted from laparoscopic to open | 38, additional 12 converted from laparoscopic to open | 26:37:8:0 | 20:43:16:0 |
| Challand 201239 | ERAS | 89 | 90 | 32 colonic, 57 rectal (65 carcinoma) | 37 colonic, 53 rectal (68 carcinoma) | 28 | 37 | 11:51:27 (3 + 4) | 11:52:27 (3 + 4) |
| Pillai 201140 | ERAS | 32 | 34 | All radical cystectomy for bladder cancer | All radical cystectomy for bladder cancer | 0 | 0 | Mean ASA class 1.87 (95% CI 1.77–2.04) | Mean ASA class 1.92 (1.08–2.04) |
| Forget 201041 | Traditional | 41 | 41 | 7 upper gastrointestinal, 11 hepatobiliary, 24 lower gastrointestinal | 5 upper gastrointestinal, 15 hepatobiliary, 22 lower gastrointestinal | 5 | 5 | 0:22:19:0 | 0:22:19:0 |
| Benes 201042 | Traditional | 60 | 60 | 17 colorectal, 5 pancreatic, 38 intraabdominal vascular | 16 colorectal, 3 pancreatic, 41 intraabdominal vascular | Not stated | Not stated | 0:14:37:9 | 0:11:40:9 |
| Buettner 200843 | Traditional | 40 | 40 | Elective major abdominal surgery | Elective major abdominal surgery | Not stated | Not stated | Median ASA class 2 (1–3) | Median ASA class 2 (1–3) |
| Lopes 200744 | Traditional | 17 | 16 | 4 upper gastrointestinal, 3 hepatobiliary, 10 colorectal | 4 upper gastrointestinal, 2 hepatobiliary, 8 colorectal, 1 urology, 1 other | Not stated | Not stated | 0:3:8:6 | 0:3:9:4 |
| Noblett 20066 | ERAS | 51 | 52 | 30 colonic, 24 rectal | 25 colonic, 29 rectal | 13 | 13 | Mean ASA class 2.1 (0.6) | Mean ASA class 2.2 (0.6) |
| Wakeling 200545 | ERAS | 64 | 64 | 31 anterior and abdominoperineal resection, 15 left hemi and sigmoid colectomy, 15 right hemicolectomy, 3 reversal of Hartmann's | 33 anterior and abdominoperineal resection, 15 left hemi and sigmoid colectomy, 9 right hemicolectomy, 4 subtotal colectomy, 2 reversal of Hartmann's, 1 Crohn's resection | Not stated | Not stated | Median ASA class 2 (1) | Median ASA class 2 (1) |
| Conway 200246 | Traditional | 29 | 28 | All major bowel surgery | All major bowel surgery | Not stated | Not stated | Median ASA class 1 (1–3) | Median ASA class 2 (1–3) |
| Gan 20027 | Traditional | 50 | 50 | 16 general, 13 gynecology, 21 urology | 15 general, 19 gynecology, 16 urology | 3:36:11:0 | 8:32:10:0 | ||
| Bonazzi 200247 | Traditional | 50 | 50 | All infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm repair | All infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm repair | 0 | 0 | Not stated | Not stated |