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| Study | Participants T/C | Age (years) (Mean ± SD) | Intervention | Duration of treatment | Probiotic bacteria | Jadad score |
| T | C | T | C |
|
| Consoli et al. [23] | 15/18 | 51.5 ± 13.9 | 54.5 ± 16.5 | Probiotics + antibiotics + MBP | Placebo + antibiotics + MBP | 9 d preoperatively | S. boulardii | 5 |
| Kotzampassi et al. [20] | 84/80 | 65.9 ± 11.5 | 66.4 ± 11.9 | Probiotics + MBP | Placebo + MBP | 1 d preoperatively
and 15 d postoperatively | L. acidophilus
L. plantarum
B. lactis
S. boulardii | 4 |
| Komatsu et al. [24] | 168/194 | 66.7 ± 11.6 | 67.7 ± 10.7 | Synbiotics + antibiotics + MBP | Placebo + antibiotics + MBP | 7–11 d preoperatively
and 2–7 d postoperatively | L. casei
B. breve | 3 |
| Sadahiro et al. [25] | 100/95 | 67 ± 9 | 66 ± 12 | Probiotics + antibiotics + MBP | Placebo + antibiotics + MBP | 7 d preoperatively
and 6 d postoperatively | B. bifidum | 4 |
| Liu et al. [21] | 75/75 | 62.3 ± 12.4 | 66.1 ± 11.0 | Probiotics + antibiotics + MBP | Placebo + antibiotics + MBP | 6 d preoperatively
and 10 d postoperatively | L. plantarum
L. acidophilus
B. longum | 5 |
| Zhang et al. [22] | 30/30 | 67.5 ± 10.5 | 61.5 ± 9.0 | Probiotics + antibiotics + MBP | Placebo + antibiotics + MBP | 3 d preoperatively | B. longum
L. acidophilus
E. faecalis | 3 |
| Liu et al. [32] | 50/50 | 65.3 ± 11.0 | 65.7 ± 9.9 | Probiotics + antibiotics + MBP | Placebo + antibiotics + MBP | 6 d preoperatively
and 10 d postoperatively | L. plantarum
L. acidophilus
B. longum | 5 |
| Horvat et al. [26] | 20/20 | 63.0 ± 11.0 | 65.0 ± 6.5 | Synbiotics + antibiotics + MBP | Placebo + antibiotics + MBP | 3 d preoperatively | P. pentosaceus
L. mesenteroides
L. paracasei
L. plantarum | 5 |
| Reddy et al. [27] | 20/22 | 68.4 ± 2.9 | 69.8 ± 7.0 | Synbiotics + antibiotics + MBP | Placebo + antibiotics + MBP | No data | L. acidophilus
L. bulgaricus
B. lactis
S. thermophilus | 3 |
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