Table 1.

Early fascial closure rate of all enrolled studies.

Study	Patients (n)	Early closure (n)	Delayed closure (n)	Rate (%)
Adkins et al., 2004 [40]	162	81	81	50
Barker et al., 2000 [1]	88	62	26	70
Barker et al., 2007 [39]	226	154	72	68
Bee et al., 2008 [18]	48	14	34	29
Brock et al., 1995 [31]	21	14	7	67
Chavarria-Aguilar et al., 2004 [29]	97	75	22	77
Dubose et al., 2013 [20]	517	338	179	65
Foy et al., 2003 [38]	83	63	20	76
Goussous et al., 2012 [21]	173	111	62	64
Hardin et al., 2012 [46]	20	13	7	65
Howdieshell et al., 2004 [3]	70	24	46	34
Jafri et al., 2007 [45]	200	149	51	75
Kritayakirana et al., 2010 [37]	60	34	26	57
Kushimoto et al., 2007 [34]	29	12	17	41
López-Quintero et al., 2010 [36]	14	7	7	50
Miller et al., 2002 [9]	83	37	46	45
Miller et al., 2004 [28]	45	38	7	84
Navsaria et al., 2003 [26]	30	16	14	53
Ozguc et al., 2008 [35]	74	33	41	45
Pliakos et al., 2010 [44]	30	20	10	67
Prichayudh et al., 2011 [41]	73	24	49	33
Rasilainen et al., 2012 [43]	104	63	41	61
Reimer et al., 2008 [33]	23	11	12	48
Scholtes et al., 2012 [42]	114	78	36	68
Scott et al., 2006 [32]	37	23	14	62
Stone et al., 2004 [25]	37	26	11	70
Teixeira et al., 2008 [24]	85	72	13	85
Tieu et al., 2008 [30]	26	20	6	77
Tremblay et al., 2001 [6]	100	42	58	42
Vogel et al., 2006 [23]	276	180	96	65
Weinberg et al., 2008 [8]	159	100	59	63
Yeh et al., 1996 [22]	21	8	13	38