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. 2024 Jul 5;14(7):850. doi: 10.3390/life14070850

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The forest plot shows the relationship between stoma creation and the risk of SSIs. The red squares represent each study’s odds ratio (OR), with the size reflecting its meta-analysis weight. The 95% odds ratio CIs are horizontal lines next to the red squares. The diamond at the bottom of the plot shows the pooled odds ratio (OR) and 95% CI, which summarizes the combined effect of all studies [35,49,50,54] The risk of surgical site infections (SSIs) increased by 1.63 (95% confidence interval: 1.11–2.41) after colorectal resection with a stoma. Evidence of 77% I² suggests moderate research.