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Table 1 Study and patient characteristics

From: Whether stoma support rods have application value in loop enterostomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study

Year

Study type

Total patients

Sample size

Age

Gener(M/F)

BMI

The time of placement of the rod(d)

Stoma position

Follow-up time(d)

rod

no rod

rod

no rod

rod

no rod

rod

no rod

Speirs

2005

RCT

57

28

29

59 (IQR44–67)

63 (IQR52–70)

N/A

N/A

24

24

7

ileum

90

Heung-Kwon

2015

cohort study

32

20

12

58.4 (M45–82)

64.1 (M50–79)

8/4

14/6

21

20.6

28

ileum

90

Franklyn

2016

RCT

151

75

76

43.0 ± 15.8

44.7 ± 15.3

42/33

43/33

N/A

N/A

14

colon

90

Whiteley

2016

cohort study

515

260

255

59.7 (16.0)

64.6 (14.4)

154/106

150/105

N/A

N/A

12

ileum/colon

90

Uchino

2017

RCT

257

154

154

42.9 ± 15.2

41.9 ± 15.0

91/63

106/48

19.5

19.8

7

ileum

90

Zindel

2017

RCT

78

44

34

64.3 (SD10.5)

59.3 (SD12.3)

34/10

22/12

26.1

26.2

12

ileum

90

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