Table 3.
Summary of outcomes across all included studies.
| Study | Postoperative ileus incidence (N) | Time to first flatus (h) | Time to first bowel movement (h) | Length of hospital stay (d) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention | Control | Intervention | Control | Intervention | Control | Intervention | Control | |||||||
| N (%) | Total | N (%) | Total | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | |||||
| Ertas 2013 (40) | 12 (16.22) | 74 | 37 (49.33) | 75 | 34.0±11.5 | 43.6±14.0 | 41.5±15.7 | 50.1±15.9 | 5.9±1.1 | 7.0±1.4 | ||||
| Huang G K 2016 (42) | 0 (0) | 52 | 1 (1.92) | 52 | 25.46±3.08 | 28.50±3.24 | 37.62±3.77 | 39.81±3.63 | 11.29±0.69 | 13.54±0.73 | ||||
| Li W 2016 (41) | 2 (2.56) | 78 | 5 (6.41) | 78 | 41.2±10.3 | 56.3±11.5 | 20.8±9.9 | 28.5±10.6 | 6.5±0.7 | 7.7±1.2 | ||||
| Chen L 2017 (38) | 2 (5.13) | 39 | 4 (10.26) | 39 | 23.6±3.7 | 35.4±4.2 | 37.6±5.2 | 58.4±5.8 | 2.9±1.2 | 4.6±1.5 | ||||
| Wu L M 2020 (39) | 1 (2.00) | 50 | 7 (14.00) | 50 | – | – | 45.0±4.6 | 72.2±4.8 | 3.2±0.8 | 4.2±1.6 | ||||
| Nanthiphatthana-chai 2020 (3) | 14 (35.00) | 40 | 20 (47.62) | 42 | 28.7±19.6 | 37.1±16.9 | 4.8±2.3 | 6.1±4.6 | 3.38±1.81 | 7.86±11.1 | ||||