Table 1 Study characteristics and baseline data of patients
From: Hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery versus laparoscopic right colectomy: a meta-analysis
Study | Study characteristics | Baseline data of patients | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Design | Country | Histologic diagnosis | No. of patients | Age (years) | Sex (M/Fe) | BMI (kg/m2) | ASA score (1/2/3/4) | |
Bae et al. [19] | Non-RCT | Korea | Cancer | HALS 53 | 68 (30–85) | 34/19 | 22.9 (16.2–32.9) | 18/23/10/2 |
LRC 45 | 63 (36–90) | 19/26 | 23.6 (18.7–32.3) | 16/23/6/0 | ||||
Ng et al. [20] | RCT | China | Cancer | HALS 30 | 73.5 (34–85) | 9/21 | 21 (15.3–26.6) | NA |
LRC 30 | 70.8 (34–89) | 10/20 | 21 (15.3–34.7) | NA | ||||
Papaconstantinou et al. [21] | Non-RCT | USA | Cancer, Polyp, Crohn | HALS 29 | 60.3 ± 13.5 | 13/16 | 30.3 ± 6.2 | 0 14/15/0 |
LRC 29 | 61.1 ± 11.6 | 13/16 | 28.5 ± 5.3 | 1/14/13/1 | ||||
Qiu et al. [22] | Non-RCT | China | Cancer | HALS 47 | 60.6 ± 12.4 | 22/25 | NA | NA |
LRC 48 | 63.1 ± 13.1 | 25/23 | NA | NA | ||||
Vogel et al. [23] | Non-RCT | USA | Cancer, Polyp, Crohn, Other | HALS 43 | 67 ± 13 | 27/16 | 28.4 ± 6.7 | 2/17/23/1 |
LRC 84 | 66 ± 14 | 44/40 | 28.6 ± 6.5 | 1/33/43/7 | ||||