Table 3 Primary and secondary outcomes
Golub 1998 | Meynaud-Kraemer 1999 | Temple 1999 | Bennett 2007 | Li 2010 | Liu 2010 | Sauerland 2010 | Wei 2011 | Ohtani 2012 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Primary outcomes | |||||||||
pain on postoperative day 1 [WMD, 95%-CI] | - | - | - | LA (5) [-0.8, -1.84;0.25] | LA* (8) [-0,7, -1.22;-0.19] | - | LA* (15) [-0.82, -1.14;-0.49] | - | - |
wound infections [OR, 95%-CI] | LA* (16) [0.3, 0.19;0.47]† | LA* (8) [0.33, 0.18;0.61]† | LA* (10) [0.4, 0.24;0.69]† | LA* (25) [0.52, 0.39;0.70] | LA* (31) [0.45, 0.34;0.59]† | LA* (13) [0.51, 0.36;0.73]† | LA* (50) [0.43, 0.34;0.54]† | LA* (20) [-, 0.3;0.56]† | LA* (32) [0.46, 0.34;0.62]† |
intraabdominal abscesses [OR, 95%-CI] | OA (15) [2.2, 0.88;6.64]† | - | OA (6) [1.94, 0.68;5.58]† | OA* (25) [2.29, 1.48;3.53]† | OA* (17) [1.56, 1.01;2.43]† | - | OA* (45) [1.87, 1.19;2.93]† | OA (12) [-, 0.93;2.14]† | - |
mortality | - | - | - | - | - | LA (7) | - | - | - |
[OR, 95%-CI] | [0.97, 0.29;3.25]† | ||||||||
secondary outcomes | |||||||||
duration of surgery [WMD, 95%-CI] | OA* (16) [18.3, -;-] | - | OA* (8) [18.1, 12.87;23.15] | OA* (22) [14.61, 9.04;20.19] | OA* (36) [12.35, 7.99;16.72] | OA* (8) [7.6, 6.03;9.17] | OA* (38) [10,24 5.51;14.97] | OA* (25) [10.71, 6.76;14.66] | OA* (36) [13.12, 9.72;16.51] |
overall conversion rate {range} | 9.7% (14) {0%-20%} | - | 11% (-) {5%-20%} | - | - | - | - | - | - |
length of hospital stay [WMD, 95%-CI] | LA* (14) [-0,61, -;-] | - | LA (8) [-0.16, -0.44;0.15]† | LA* (18) [-0.62, -1.05;-0.18] | LA* (32) [-0.6, -0.85;-0.36] | LA* (8) [-0.82, -0.93;-0.7] | LA* (34) [-1.13, -1.51;-0.74] | LA* (23) [-0.68, -1.02;-0.35] | LA* (33) [-0.79, -1.06;-0.52] |
in-hospital costs (including surgery costs) [OR, 95%-CI] | - | - | - | - | - | - | OA* (6) [1.32, 0.42;2.22] | - | OA (7) [-] |
time until return to work [WMD, 95%-CI] | - | - | - | - | - | - | LA (8) [-1.6, -5.22;2.02] | LA* (11) [-3.09, -5.22;-0.97] | LA* (10) [-3.18, -5.09;-1.27] |