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. 2014 Dec 21;20(47):18031–18037. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i47.18031

Table 1.

Main characteristics of the five included studies

Ref. Year No. of patients n
Type of operation Leakage
Reoperation
Stoma No stoma Stoma No stoma Stoma No stoma
Beirens et al[21] 2012 1912 1183 729 LAR 51 74 40 69
Chude et al[22] 2008 256 136 120 LAR 3 12 0 2
Gong et al[23] 2012 62 36 26 uLAR 0 5 0 2
Karahasanoglu et al[24] 2011 77 23 54 LAR 0 3 - -
Lefebure et al[25] 2008 132 42 90 LAR 3 10 1 5
Ma et al[26] 2013 56 30 26 LAR 2 7 0 5
Matthiessen et al[27] 2007 234 116 118 LAR 12 33 12 32
Nurkin et al[28] 2013 1791 958 833 LAR 17 26 37 63
Seo et al[29] 2013 836 246 590 uLAR 1 22 - -
Shiomi et al[30] 2010 222 80 142 LAR 3 17 0 14
Ulrich et al[31] 2009 34 18 16 LAR 1 6 0 6

LAR: Low anterior resection; uLAR: Ulter-low anterior resection.