Table 2.

Characteristics of assessed systematic reviews

Author (Year)	Types of resections included	Included studies	Conclusion on SILC
Podda et al. [15]	Right-sided, left-sided or total colectomy (including ileocecal resection)	30 studies: 2 RCTs [19, 23], 28 observational studies [24–51]	“safe and feasible”
Markar et al. [14]	Right-sided, left-sided or total colectomy	34 studies: 2 RCTs [19, 23], 32 observational studies [24–48, 52–58]	“similar short-term clinical and oncological outcomes”
Maggiori et al. [10]	Right-sided, left-sided or total colectomy	15 studies: 0 RCTs, 15 observational studies [24–26, 30–32, 36–39, 41, 43, 46, 47, 52]	“feasible and safe”
Zhou et al. [11]	Right-sided, left-sided or total colectomy (including ileocecal resection)	14 studies: 1 RCT [23], 13 observational studies [24, 26, 30, 32, 34, 37, 38, 41, 43, 46, 52, 55, 56]	“safe, feasible, and oncologically efficient”
Li et al. [12]	unclear	11 studies: 1 RCT [23], 10 observational studies [24–26, 30, 31, 37, 41, 46, 52, 55]	“short-term results similar”
Yang et al. [13]	Right-sided or left-sided colectomy	15 studies: 1 RCT [23], 14 observational studies [24–26, 30–32, 34, 37, 41, 43, 44, 46, 47, 59]	“similar safety and efficacy”