Review Article

Effect of Coffee Consumption on Postoperative Ileus after Colorectal Surgery: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Table 1

Characteristics of included studies.

AuthorYearCenterLocationParticipantsSurgical informationIntervention
Sample size (I/C)Sex
(M:F I/C)
Age (I/C, year)Fast-track surgeryColorectal pathology (M:B I/C)Type of surgeryOperation time (range) (I/C, min)CoffeeVolume
(ml)
Drink time (min)FrequencyControl

Muller2012MulticenterGermany40/3925 : 15/19 : 2065/59Applied23 : 17/22 : 17Open and laparoscopyCaffeinated10010TDSWater
Dulskas2015Single-centerLithuania30/(DC:30/W:30)16 : 14/16 : 14/16 : 1467.3/62.4/66.3Applied30 : 0/30 : 0/30 : 0LaparoscopyCaffeinated DC10010TDSWater
Piric2015Single-centerBosnia and Herzegovina28/3017 : 11/17 : 1363.57/62.67NM25 : 3/28 : 2OpenCaffeinated10010TDSTea
Hasler-Gehrer2019Single-centerSwitzerland56/5931 : 25/28 : 3163/69NM23 : 33/29 : 30Laparoscopy160 (136–185) /150 (130–180)Caffeinated150NMTDSTea
Hayashi2019Single-centerJapan23/235 : 18/7 : 1674.0/80.2Applied0 : 23/0 : 23Laparoscopy181.6 (120-266)/177.0 (107-333)Caffeinated10010TDSWater
Parnasa2021Single-centerIsrael30/2815 : 15/14 : 1456.90/55.36NMNMLaparoscopyNMCaffeine citrate50NMTDSApple-flavored water

100 mg of caffeine citrate was diluted in 50 ml of apple-flavored water. I: coffee group; C: control group; sex (M: male; F: female); colorectal pathology (M: malignancy; B: benign); DC: decaffeinated coffee; W: water; NM: not mentioned; TDS: three times per day.