Emergency versus delayed hepatectomy following transarterial embolization in spontaneously ruptured hepatocellular carcinoma survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Table 3 Meta-analysis results of all available studies with measured outcomes

Measured outcomes	No. studies	No. patients	Heterogeneity test		Model	RR/WMD	95%CI	P
			I²(%)	P
Hospital mortality	8	286 vs. 351	0	0.64	Random	2.17	1.03,4.57	0.04
Postoperative complication	6	154 vs. 132	0	0.8	Random	1.21	0.77,1.90	0.40
Postoperative hospital stays	4	140 vs. 115	87	< 0.0001	Random	− 0.64	− 5.61,4.34	0.80
Peritoneal metastasis	3	122 vs. 101	0	0.9	Random	1.06	0.66,1.71	0.80
Recurrence rate	4	128 vs. 110	0	0.98	Random	1.09	0.94,1.25	0.27
1-year OS	6	154 vs. 132	0	0.8	Random	0.91	0.80,1.02	0.11
3-year OS	4	131 vs. 111	6	0.36	Random	0.81	0.61,1.09	0.17

No. number of, RR risk ratio, WMD weighted mean difference, CI confidence interval, OS overall survival, statistical significant results are shown in bold

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