Table 1 Characteristics and demographics of included studies
Study | Year | Country | Design | Cases | ALs | MINORS | Adeno. % | Anastomosis | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Â | Â | MIE | OE | MIE | OE | Â | Â | Location | Procedures |
Smithers BM [42] | 2007 | Australia | P | 23 | 114 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 70.6 | Cervical | Hand-sewn |
Kunisaki C [43] | 2004 | Japan | P | 15 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 16 | NA | Intrathoracic | Stapler |
Law S [58] | 1997 | China | NA | 18 | 63 | 0 | 2 | 16 | NA | Cervical | Hand-sewn |
Nguyen NT [24] | 2000 | USA | R | 18 | 36 | 2 | 4 | 16 | NA | Cervical | Stapler and hand-sewn |
Kubo N [25] | 2014 | Japan | R | 93 | 74 | 6 | 7 | 16 | NA | Cervical | Unknown |
Osugi H [44] | 2003 | Japan | P | 72 | 77 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 0 | Cervical | Unknown |
Van den Broek WT [62] | 2004 | Netherlands | NA | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 71.1 | Cervical | Hand-sewn |
Braghetto I [26] | 2005 | Chile | R | 47 | 60 | 3 | 10 | 20 | NA | Cervical | Hand-sewn |
Benzoni E [45] | 2006 | Italy | P | 9 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 23.8 | Cervical | Hand-sewn |
Fabian T [27] | 2006 | USA | R | 51 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 69.2 | Cervical and intrathoracic | Unknown |
Shiraishi T [28] | 2006 | Japan | R | 78 | 37 | 9 | 9 | 16 | NA | Cervical | Unknown |
Bresadola V [64] | 2007 | Italy | NA | 22 | 43 | 1 | 2 | 16 | NA | Cervical | Hand-sewn |
Perry KA [46] | 2009 | USA | P | 21 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 45.2 | Cervical | Unknown |
Parameswaran R [60] | 2009 | UK | NA | 50 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 82.5 | Cervical | Stapler |
Kitagawa H [54] | 2009 | Japan | NA | 16 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 20 | NA | Cervical | Hand-sewn |
Zingg U [63] | 2009 | Australia | NA | 56 | 98 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 72.1 | Cervical | Hand-sewn |
Saha AK [61] | 2009 | UK | NA | 16 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16+ | Cervical | Stapler and hand-sewn |
Hamouda AH [47] | 2010 | UK | P | 24 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 80 | Intrathoracic | Hand-sewn |
Wang H [59] | 2010 | China | NA | 27 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 5.3 | Cervical | Unknown |
Schoppmann SF [48] | 2010 | Australia | P | 31 | 31 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 46.8 | Cervical | Hand-sewn |
Pham TH [14] | 2010 | USA | P | 44 | 46 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 74.4 | Cervical and intrathoracic | Stapler |
Safranek PM [49] | 2010 | UK | P | 41 | 46 | 7 | 1 | 16 | NA | Cervical | Stapler and hand-sewn |
Tsujimoto H [29] | 2010 | Japan | R | 20 | 37 | 1 | 5 | 16 | NA | Cervical and intrathoracic | Stapler and hand-sewn |
Schröder W [30] | 2010 | Germany | R | 238 | 181 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 60.1 | Intrathoracic | Stapler |
Berger AC [56] | 2011 | USA | NA | 65 | 53 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 79.7 | Cervical | Stapler |
Yamasaki M [57] | 2011 | USA | NA | 109 | 107 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 79.7 | Cervical | Stapler |
Gao Y [31] | 2011 | China | R | 96 | 78 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 5.2 | Cervical | Hand-sewn |
Lee JM [50] | 2011 | Japan | P | 30 | 64 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 5.1 | Cervical | Stapler and hand-sewn |
Nafteux P [32] | 2011 | Belgium | R | 65 | 101 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 75.3 | Cervical | Unknown |
Sundaram A [33] | 2012 | USA | R | 47 | 57 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 78.8 | Cervical | Unknown |
Sihag S [51] | 2012 | USA | P | 38 | 76 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 85.1 | Intrathoracic | Stapler |
Maas KW [34] | 2012 | Netherlands | R | 50 | 50 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 69 | Cervical | Hand-sewn |
Kinjo Y [52] | 2012 | Japan | P | 106 | 79 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 3.2 | Cervical | Unknown |
Tsujimoto H [35] | 2012 | Japan | R | 22 | 27 | 7 | 3 | Â | Â | Cervical and intrathoracic | Stapler |
Biere SS [15] | 2013 | Netherlands | RCT | 59 | 56 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 61.7 | Cervical and intrathoracic | Stapler |
Noble F [53] | 2013 | UK | P | 53 | 53 | 5 | 2 | 19 | NA | Cervical and intrathoracic | Stapler |
Ichikawa H [55] | 2013 | Japan | NA | 153 | 162 | 14 | 27 | 20 | 66.7 | Cervical and intrathoracic | Hand-sewn |
Mu J [36] | 2014 | China | R | 176 | 142 | 12 | 4 | 16 | NA | Cervical | Stapler |
Kauppi J [37] | 2014 | Finland | R | 74 | 79 | 7 | 6 | 18 | NA | Intrathoracic | Hand-sewn |
Meng F [38] | 2014 | China | R | 94 | 89 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 3.2 | Cervical | Hand-sewn |
Zhang J [39] | 2014 | China | R | 60 | 61 | 3 | 2 | 16 | NA | Intrathoracic | Stapler |
Li J [40] | 2014 | China | R | 89 | 318 | 19 | 45 | 20 | 2.2 | Cervical and intrathoracic | Stapler and hand-sewn |
Javidfar J [41] | 2012 | USA | R | 92 | 165 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 91 | Cervical | Unknown |