Table 2.
Study design and characteristics
| Study | Year | Design | Sample size |
Type of resection | |
| ERP | Control | ||||
| Porter et al[53] | 2000 | Retrospective cohort | 80 | 68 | PD, TP |
| Vanounou et al[54] | 2007 | Retrospective cohort | 145 | 64 | PD |
| Kennedy et al[55] | 2007 | Retrospective cohort | 92 | 44 | PD, TP |
| Balzano et al[56] | 2008 | Retrospective cohort | 252 | 252 | PD |
| Kennedy et al[57] | 2009 | Retrospective cohort | 71 | 40 | LP |
| Nikfarjam et al[58] | 2013 | Retrospective cohort | 20 | 21 | PD |
| Abu Hilal et al[59] | 2013 | Retrospective cohort | 24 | 20 | PD |
| Braga et al[60] | 2014 | Retrospective cohort | 115 | 115 | PD |
| Kobayashi et al[61] | 2014 | Retrospective cohort | 100 | 142 | PD |
| Nussbaum et al[62] | 2014 | Retrospective cohort | 50 | 100 | LP |
| Nussbaum et al[63] | 2014 | Retrospective cohort | 100 | 142 | PD |
| Coolsen et al[64] | 2014 | Retrospective cohort | 1441 | 86 | PD |
| Shao et al[65] | 2015 | Retrospective cohort | 325 | 310 | PD |
| Sutcliffe et al[66] | 2015 | Retrospective cohort | 65 | 65 | PD |
| Joliat et al[67] | 2015 | Prospective cohort2 | 74 | 87 | PD |
| Morales Soriano et al[68] | 2015 | Retrospective cohort | 41 | 44 | PD |
| Richardson et al[69] | 2015 | Retrospective cohort | 22 | 44 | LP |
1
Includes 47 patients treated with an enhanced recovery-like pathway;
2
Only the ERP group was prospective. PD: Pancreaticoduodenectomy; TP: Total pancreatectomy; LP: Left pancreatectomy.