Efficacy of probiotic and synbiotic supplementation on the length of hospital stays and risk of postoperative mortality in patients undergoing surgery: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of randomized clinical trials
The current review supports the efficacy of synbiotic and probiotic supplementation on decreasing the length of hospital stay in patients undergoing surgery. However, it is important to note that 42.3% of included systematic reviews and meta-analyses (SRMAs) were rated as 'critically low' quality using the AMSTAR2 tool, which necessitates cautious interpretation of findings.
Authors
- Farhang Hameed Awlqadr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1737-5920)
- Sajjad Moradi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0108-187X)
- Behzad Ebrahimi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5278-0841)
- Mohammad Ali Hojjati Kermani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2364-3696)
- Felicity MacIsaac
- Sanaz Mehrabani
- Kimia Mazinani
- Seyed Mojtaba Ghoreishy
- Faramarz Jalili
Institutions
- Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- Dalhousie University (CA)
- University of Maragheh (IR)
- Iran University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- Masih Daneshvari Hospital (IR)
- Sulaimani Polytechnic University (IQ)
- Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (IR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European journal of medical research
- Published
- 2026-01-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40001-025-03756-0
- Primary Topic
- Probiotics and Fermented Foods
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00