Table 1. Summary of publications included in this review.

R: reconstituted; F: fenestrated

Study	Journal	Type of study	Performed period	Number of patients	Male patients	Mean age (SD)	ASA grade: no of patients (%)	Mean operation time (mins)	Mean hospital stay (days)
Horiuchi et al. [19]	Surgical Endoscopy	Retrospective	2000-2005	R: 3	-	-	-	R: 165	-
				F: 26				F: 133
Thomas et al. [20]	Surgical Endoscopy	Retrospective	Jan 2015 to Dec 2021	R: 55	R: 26	R: 64 (60, 67)	R: 1 or 2–55 (100%)	R: 107	R: 4
				F: 115	F: 84	F:65 (62, 69)	F: 1 or 2–115 (100%)	F: 91	F: 6
van Dijk et al. [21]	Journal of the American College of Surgeons	Retrospective	May 2005 to Jan 2013	R: 73	R: 32	R: 57.0 (IQR 48.0–66.0)	R: 1 or 2–57 (78.1); 3 or 4–4 (5.5); Unknown–12 (16.4)	R: 136	R: 3
				F: 102	F: 59	F: 65.5 (IQR 50–74)	F: 1 or 2–78 (76.5); 3 or 4–15 (14.7); Unknown–9 (8.8)	F: 107	F: 5
Yildrim et al. [22]	Cureus	Retrospective	Jan 2015 to Dec 2020	R: 34	-	-	-	-	-
				F: 12
Loh et al. [23]	HPB Journal	Retrospective	Jan 2015 to Dec 2016	R: 24	R: 16	R: 71 (59–83)	R: 1 or 2–16 (66.7) 3 or 4–8 (33.3)	R: 141	R: 6
				F: 108	F: 52	F: 61 (51.5–70.5)	F: 1 or 2–87 (80.6) 3 or 4–21 (19.4)	F: 128	F: 7