Hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery versus laparoscopic right colectomy: a meta-analysis

Table 2 Quality assessment of included studies using the Cochrane Collaboration’s Risk of Bias Tool and the Newcastle–Ottawa Scale (NOS)

Selection: 1. Is the case definition adequate? 2. Representativeness of the cases; 3. Selection of controls; 4. Definition of controls. Comparability: 5. Did the study have no differences between hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery and laparoscopic right colectomy? Five main factors were considerate: histologic diagnosis, age, sex, BMI, and ASA. Exposure: 6. Ascertainment of exposure; 7. Same method of ascertainment for cases and controls; 8. Non-response rate
★ It stands for one score in the assessment of study quality
★★ It stands for two scores in the assessment of study quality

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