All 8 trials were judged to be at overall high risk of bias and effect estimates were reported at the end of the intervention with a follow-up range of 8 to 24 weeks; 7 trials reported all-cause mortality, but deaths only occurred in 1 trial with no evidence of a difference between ex...
, “any complication, pneumonia, cardiac complications, surgical site infection, urinary tract infection, venous thromboembolism, renal failure, colon ileus, colon anastomotic leak, readmission, return to the operating room, death, discharge to a nursing or rehab facility, and predicted length of ...