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Table 2 Results of a meta-analysis

From: Braun anastomosis lowers the incidence of delayed gastric emptying following pancreaticoduodenectomy: a meta-analysis

Outcome of interest

No. of studies

No.of patients

Results

OR/WMD

95% CI

P-value

I2 (%)

Braun

Non-Braun

Overall DGE

11

1650

11.5

26.6%

0.32

0.24, 0.43

<0.001

46

Clinically significant DGE

9

1558

7.7%

21.5%

0.27

0.15, 0.51

<0.001

55

Operative time (min)

8

1059

ā€“

ā€“

21.8

āˆ’3.37, 45.72

0.09

83

Estimated blood loss (mL)

9

1454

ā€“

ā€“

āˆ’55.15

āˆ’151.46, 41.15

0.26

90

Transfusion

6

575

20.8%

25.7%

0.73

0.49, 1.09

0.12

28

Vomiting

4

651

16.9%

34.1%

0.42

0.27, 0.65

<0.001

0

NT reinsertion

3

685

6.6%

12.9%

0.43

0.23, 0.81

0.009

0

Prokinetics or antiemetics

3

256

30.7%

39.8%

0.58

0.34, 1.00

0.05

0

Pancreatic fistula

11

1664

12.0%

19.1%

0.62

0.38, 1.02

0.06

50

Bile leak

9

1561

3.3%

5.5%

0.50

0.29, 0.86

0.01

0

Intra-abdominal abscess

6

851

10.9%

8.4%

0.80

0.46, 1.41

0.44

0

Wound infection

8

1069

11.8%

10.5%

0.99

0.64, 1.15

0.95

0

Gastrointestinal hemorrhage

6

1216

4.5%

4.3%

1.14

0.63, 2.08

0.67

0

Pneumonia

6

962

6.5%

7.1%

0.91

0.53, 1.58

0.25

44

Urinary tract infection

4

382

3.3%

5.7%

0.48

0.18, 1.24

0.13

0

Mortality

11

1672

1.4%

1.6%

0.75

0.34, 1.68

0.48

0

Length of hospital stay (days)

7

969

ā€“

ā€“

āˆ’1.66

āˆ’2.95, āˆ’ā€‰0.37

0.01

0

  1. DGE delayed gastric emptying, NT nasogastric tube, OR odds ratio, WMD weighted mean difference, CI confidence interval