Table 2.
Study characteristics and overall recurrences
| Reference | Year | Technique | No. of repairs | Recurrences |
| Safadi | 2004 | KH | 9 | 4 |
| LeBlanc | 2005 | KH/SB | 12 | 1 |
| Berger | 2007 | SB | 41 | 8 |
| Mancini | 2007 | SB | 25 | 1 |
| McLemore | 2007 | KH/SB | 19 | 2 |
| Muysoms | 2008 | KH/SB | 24 | 10 |
| Berger | 2008 | Sandwich | 47 | 1 |
| Hansson | 2008 | KH | 55 | 20 |
| Craft | 2008 | KH/SB | 21 | 1 |
| Pastor | 2009 | KH/SB | 12 | 4 |
| Jani | 2010 | KH | 9 | 0 |
| Wara | 2011 | KH | 72 | 2 |
| Asif | 2012 | KH/SB | 33 | 11 |
| Mizrahi | 2012 | KH | 29 | 13 |
| Hansson | 2013 | SB | 61 | 3 |
| Weighted pooled% (95%CI) | 17.4% (9.5%-26.9%) | |||
KH: Keyhole; SB: Sugarbaker.