Table 3.
Baseline characteristics of studies included in the meta-analysis
| Author, year (country) | No. of patients | Age in years | Gender (M/F) | BMI in kg/m2 | ASA (1, 2, 3) | Type of colectomy (left/right) | Cancer stage (1, 2, 3) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huscher et al. [26], 2012 (Italy) | 32 | 70 ± 11 | 15 / 17 | not reported | 8 (25 %), | SILC: 8/8 | SILC: | MLC: |
| (16 vs. 16) | (mean ± SEM) | 15 (47 %), | MLC: 10/6 | 5 (31 %), | 4 (25 %), | |||
| 9 (28 %) | 7 (44 %), | 9 (56 %), | ||||||
| 4 (25 %) | 3 (19 %) | |||||||
| Poon et al. [16], 2012 (China) | 50 | SILC: 67 (37-83)a | SILC: 14 / 11 | SILC: 23.2 (16.9-28.8)a | 6 (12 %), | SILC: 17b/8 | SILC: | MLC: |
| (25 vs. 25) | MLC: 67 (57-81)a | MLC: 18 / 7 | MLC: 23.6 (16.5-28.2)a | 37 (74 %), | MLC: 16b/9 | 8 (32 %), | 5 (20 %), | |
| 7 (14 %) | 7 (28 %), | 4 (16 %), | ||||||
| 6 (24 %) | 12 (48 %) | |||||||
M Male, F Female, BMI body mass index, ASA American Society of Anaesthesiologists, SILC Single-incision laparoscopic colectomy, MLC multi-incision laparoscopic colectomy
aData are given as median with range bincluding anterior resection and sigmoidectomy