Table 3.

Sensitivity analysis of the included studies

	Studies (n)	Patients (n)	RR (95%CI)	P value
Studies including colorectal cancer only
Clinical success rate	11	772	0.96 (0.93, 0.98)	0.002
30-d mortality	9	654	0.42 (0.22,0.80)	0.008
Total complications	12	821	0.84 (0.59, 1.20)	0.340
Early complications	8	596	0.35 (0.20, 0.60)	0.0002
Stoma formation	8	550	0.26 (0.17, 0.39)	< 0.00001
Studies including colostomy only
Clinical success rate	4	127	0.89 (0.76,1.05)	0.18
30-d mortality	2	70	1.00 (0.27, 3.68)	1.00
Total complications	3	92	1.79 (1.03, 3.09)	0.04
Early complications	2	52	1.80 (0.16, 20.79)	0.64
Stoma formation	4	124	0.16 (0.07, 0.38)	< 0.00001