Table 1 Main characteristics of the 13 included studies
N | Leakage | Reoperation | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Author | Year | No. of patients | Stoma | No stoma | Type of operation | Stoma | No stoma | Stoma | No stoma |
Beirens et al. [19] | 2012 | 1,912 | 1,183 | 729 | LAR | 51 | 74 | 40 | 69 |
Chude et al. [20] | 2008 | 256 | 136 | 120 | LAR | 3 | 12 | 0 | 2 |
Eriksen et al. [21] | 2005 | 1,958 | 622 | 1,336 | LAR | 64 | 164 | NA | NA |
Gong et al. [22] | 2012 | 62 | 36 | 26 | uLAR | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
Karahasanogl et al. [23] | 2011 | 77 | 23 | 54 | LAR | 0 | 3 | NA | NA |
Lefebure et al. [24] | 2008 | 132 | 42 | 90 | LAR | 3 | 10 | 1 | 5 |
Ma et al. [25] | 2013 | 56 | 30 | 26 | LAR | 2 | 7 | 0 | 5 |
Matthiessen et al. [26] | 2004 | 432 | 72 | 360 | LAR | 11 | 42 | 1 | 32 |
Matthiessenet al. [27] | 2007 | 234 | 116 | 118 | LAR | 12 | 33 | 12 | 32 |
Nurkin et al. [28] | 2013 | 1,791 | 958 | 833 | LAR | 17 | 26 | 37 | 63 |
Seo et al. [29] | 2013 | 836 | 246 | 590 | uLAR | 1 | 22 | NA | NA |
Shiomi et al. [30] | 2010 | 222 | 80 | 142 | LAR | 3 | 17 | 0 | 14 |
Ulrich et al. [31] | 2009 | 34 | 18 | 16 | LAR | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 |