Safety of fast-track rehabilitation after gastrointestinal surgery: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Table 1 Main characteristics of the 24 included studies

Ref.	Way	Year	No.		Age (yr)		Sex (M:F)
			FT	CC	FT	CC	FT	CC
Ionescu et al[25]	Open	2009	48	48	60.94 ± 9.9	63.1 ± 12.19	30:18	31:17
Ren et al[26]	Open	2012	299	298	59	61	178:121	190:108
Yang et al[27]	Open	2012	32	30	57.2 ± 11.70	59.5 ± 12.10	20:12	22:8
Hübner et al[28]	Open	2010	36	31	60	61	18:18	17:14
Wang et al[29]	Open	2012	41	42	57.2 ± 18.1	55.4 ± 16.8	24:17	25:17
Vlug et al[30]	Open	2011	93	98	66 ± 10.3	66 ± 7.1	54:39	59:39
van Bree et al[31]	Lap	2011	18	18	64 ± 10.1	66 ± 6.9	11:7	11:7
Veenhof et al[32]	Lap	2012	17	20	65	68	9:8	14:6
Serclová et al[33]	Lap/open	2009	51	52	35.1 ± 11.0	37.6 ± 12.5	20:31	32:20
Muller et al[34]	Lap/open	2009	76	75	62	59	37:39	40:35
Wang et al[35]	Lap/open	2011	40	38	71	72	22:18	20:18
Wang et al[36]	Lap/open	2011	106	104	57	55	65:41	60:44
King et al[38]	Lap/open	2008	41	19	72.3	70.4	23:18	8:11
Faiz et al[37]	Lap/open	2008	191	50	67.9 ± 14.1	66.3 ± 13.7	20:30	98:93
Srinivasa et al[39]	Lap/open	2013	37	37	69 ± 16	72 ± 12	19:18	22:15
Basse et al[40]	Lap/open	2005	30	30	75.5	75	14:16	14:16
MacKay et al[41]	Lap/open	2006	22	58	72	73.2	12:10	25:33
García-Botello et al[42]	Lap/open	2011	61	58	62	60	40:21	32:26
Anderson et al[43]	Open	2003	14	11	64	68	6:86	5:6
Gatt et al[44]	Open	2005	19	20	67	67	14:6	9:109
Khooet al[2]	Open	2007	35	35	69.3	73	12:23	15:20
Wang et al[45]	Open	2010	47	45	58.76 ± 9.66	56.87 ± 9.16	32:133	29:18
Chen Hu et al[46]	Lap/open	2012	40	42	59/64	62.5/64.5	19:21	22:20
Lemanu et al[47]	Lap	2012	40	38	43.5	43.9	13:27	10:28

Lap: Laparoscopy.