Table 2.
Subgroup analyses of the included variables
| Outcome Measures | Nb of Studies [reference] | RR/MD | IC 95% Low/High | p value | Heterogeneity I2 (p value) |
| Postoperative complications | 3 [26, 38, 40] | 0.31 | 0.18, 0.56 | <0.0001 | 0% (0.81) |
| Length of hospital stay | 4 [26, 37, 38, 40] | −5.20 | −6.90, −3.51 | <0.00001 | 0% (0.68) |
| Operative time | 2 [38, 40] | 53.71 | −42.05, 149.48 | 0.27 | 93% (0.0001) |
| Reoperation | 4 [26, 37, 38, 40] | 0.18 | 0.03, 1.03 | 0.05 | 0% (0.62) |
| Mortality | 4 [26, 37, 38, 40] | 0.50 | 0.03, 7.32 | 0.61 | n/a |
| Surgical procedures | Laparoscopic surgery (n = 57) | Open Surgery (n = 40) | |||
| Colonic suture | 22 (39%) | 26 (65%) | |||
| Colonic resection | 32 (56%) | 10 (25%) | |||
| Wedge resection | 3 (5%) | 3 (7.5%) | |||
| Ostomy | 0 (0%) | 1 (2.5%) | |||
RR stands for risk ratios, MD for mean difference, CI for confidence interval