Table 4.
Outcome | Number of studies | Number of patients | Odds ratio (95% CI) | Heterogeneity (I2) |
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Postoperative mortality | 8 | 951 | 4.0 (2.0–8.1) | 14.7 |
Postoperative complications | 7 | 929 | 3.1 (1.6–5.7) | 35.0 |
Non-home discharge | 2 | 656 | 8.7 (3.9–19.4) | 27.7 |
Length of hospitalization | 7 | 743 | 2.8 (0.7–4.9)* | 73.7 |
Hospital readmission | 2 | 276 | 2.2 (0.1–44.6) | 88.7 |
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval
*Reported as a mean difference