Author, Country & year | Study type | Type of Surgery | Sample Size (n) | Number of patients | Age (years) | Sex (Male) | |||
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 |  |  |  | Intervention | Control | Intervention | Control | Intervention-% | Control-% |
Partridge [17], UK, 2017 | RCT | Vascular | 176 | 85 | 91 | 75 ± 6 | 75 ± 6 | 76.9 | 75.2 |
Hempenius, [13]Netherlands, 2013 | RCT | Cancer | 297 | 148 | 149 | 77 ± 6 | 77 ± 7 | 37.8 | 34.2 |
Hempenius, [23]Netherlands, 2016 | RCT | Cancer | 260 | 127 | 133 | 77 ± 6 | 77 ± 7 | 40.2 | 36.1 |
Chen [10], China, 2017 | Cluster RCT | Abdominal | 377 | 197 | 180 | 74 ± 5 | 74 ± 6 | 56.4 | 57.2 |
McDonald [15], USA, 2018 | PC | Abdominal | 326 | 183 | 143 | 75 ± 6 | 71 ± 6 | 51.0 | 46.6 |
Cronin [11] USA, 2011 | PC | General or Vascular | 69 | 26 | 43 | 75 a | 77 a | 46.2 | 23.3 |
Adogwa [22], USA, 2017 | RC | Spine (lumber) | 125 | 100 | 25 | 73 ± 6 | 73 ± 4 | 41.0 | 36.0 |
Tarazona-Santabalbina [19], Spain, 2019 | RC | Colorectal Cancer | 310 | 203 | 107 | 77 ± 4 | 75 ± 5 | 63.1 | 61.7 |
Nussbaum [16], USA, 2014 | RC | Abdominal (pancreatico- duodenectomy) | 242 | 100 | 142 | 65 ± 10 | 62 ± 11 | 39.0 | 47.0 |
Olsson [24], Sweden, 2014 | Pre-post | THA | 266 | 128 | 138 | 68 ± 12 | 66 ± 13 | 35.6 | 35.5 |
Souwer [18], Netherlands, 2018 | Pre-post | Colorectal cancer (Laparoscopic surgery) | 224 | 86 | C1–63 | 80.6 (6.2) | C1–81.4 (7.3) | 42.0 | C1–52.0 |
 | C2–75 | C2–79.7(5) | C2–51.0 |