Enhanced recovery pathways in pancreatic surgery: State of the art

Table 4 Postoperative length of stay and readmission rates

Study	Postoperative length of stay (d)			Readmission rates
	ERP	Usual care	P value	ERP	Usual care	P value
Porter et al[53]	12	15	0.001	10 (15)	9 (11)	0.620
Vanounou et al[54]	8	8	0.357	13 (9)	4 (6)	0.508
Kennedy et al[55]	7	13	< 0.001	7 (8)	3 (7)	> 0.05
Balzano et al[56]	13 (7-110)	15 (7-102)	< 0.001	18 (7)	16 (6)	0.865
Kennedy et al[57]	Mean 7	Mean 10	0.037	5 (7)	10 (25)	0.027
Nikfarjam et al[58]	8 (7-16)	14 (8-29)	< 0.001	3 (15)	0	0.107
Abu Hilal et al[59]	8 (7-13)	13 (10-20)	0.015	1 (1)	2 (8)	0.583
Braga et al[60]	11 (5-51)	13 (8-54)	0.226	14 (12)	12 (10)	0.835
Kobayashi et al[61]	22 ± 12	36 ± 24	< 0.001	2 (2)	2 (2)	0.689
Nussbaum et al[62]	6 (5-9)	7 (5-9)	0.026	15 (30)	20 (20)	0.219
Nussbaum et al[63]	11 (8-18)	13 (10-18)	0.015	31 (31)	36 (25)	0.850
Coolsen et al[64]	14 (7-83)	20 (9-132)	< 0.050	11 (13)	14 (14)	NR
Shao et al[65]	14 ± 7	18 ± 8	< 0.001	43 (13)	44 (14)	0.725
Sutcliffe et al[66]	9 (4-70)	10 (4-114)	0.160	9 (15)	5 (8)	0.260
Joliat et al[67]	15 (11-24)	19 (14-29)	0.029	NR	NR	NR
Morales Soriano et al[68]	14 ± 1.3	19 ± 2	0.014	9 (10)	4 (9)	> 0.05
Richardson et al[69]	3 (3-4)	6 (5-10)	< 0.001	2 (9)	8 (18)	0.476

Data for length of stay are reported as median (range or interquartile range) or mean ± SD. Data for readmission are reported as number of patients (%). ERP: Enhanced recovery pathway.