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Table 1 Basic information of eligible studies for para-aortic lymphadenectomy

From: Survival benefits of para-aortic lymphadenectomy in colorectal cancer with clinically suspected para-aortic lymph node metastasis: a meta-analysis and systematic review

Author

Year

Country

Sample size

Resection margin

Time to para-aortic lymphadenectomy (synchronous/metachronous)

Number of positive para-aortic lymph nodes

Sample size of control group

Pooled value

NOS score

Min

2008

Korea

6

R0: 6

Metachronous

6

32

OS

6

Lee, S.C.

2021

Korea

47

No mentioned

Synchronous

47

26

OS, HR, CR

7

Choi

2015

Korea

24

No mentioned

Metachronous

24

53

OS, HR, CR

7

Kim

2020

Korea

16

No mentioned

Metachronous

13

19

OS

7

Nozawa

2020

Japan

11

No mentioned

No mentioned

11

130

OS

7

Ogura

2015

Japan

16

R0: 16

Synchronous

10

12

OS, CR

7

Shibata

2002

America

20

R0: 15

Not R0: 5

Metachronous

20

5

OS, HR

6

Tentes

2007

Greece

62

RO: 62

Synchronous

62

62

OS

7

Gagnière

2015

France

25

Not R0: 25

Both (19:6)

25

 

OS, HR

6

Song

2016

Korea

40

No mentioned

Synchronous

16

OS, HR

6

Sahara

2019

Germany

322

R0: 246

Not R0: 75

Synchronous

62

OS, HR

7

Nakai

2017

Japan

30

R0: 18

Not R0: 12

Synchronous

30

OS

7

Sakamoto

2020

Japan

29

R0:29

Synchronous

29

OS, HR

6

Lee, S.H.

2017

Korea

27

No mentioned

Synchronous

27

OS

7

Bae

2018

Korea

49

No mentioned

Synchronous

49

OS, HR

6

Ichikawa

2021

Japan

28

R0: 17

Not R0: 11

Both (16:12)

28

OS, HR

6

Dumont

2012

France

31

R0: 31

Metachronous

23

OS

7

Razik

2013

Canada

48

R0: 37

Not R0: 11

Metachronous

48

OS, HR

6

Yamada

2018

Japan

36

No mentioned

Synchronous

36

OS, HR

6

Sun

2021

China

154

R0: 145

NotR0: 9

Synchronous

47

OS, HR

7

  1. R0 microscopically free of cell residue, OS overall survival, HR hazard ratio, CR complication rate