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. 2016 Oct 13;2016(10):CD005344. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005344.pub4

4. Systematic reviews and meta analysis.

  Zhang 2015   Park 2013   Lu 2015   Bogani 2014  
    P value   P value   P value   P value
Number of studies 8   11   11   6  
OR length of hospital stay 0.433 (0.215‐0.869) 0.019   ‐4.87 (‐7.26, ‐2.47)** <0.00001 ‐3.30 (‐3.92, ‐2.69)** <0.00001
OR recurrence rates 0.707 (0.245‐2.037) 0.521 0.099 (0.067‐0.144)* <0.001 0.32 (0.13‐0.82) 0.02 0.50 (0.21‐1.21) 0.13
OR of upstaging rates 0.669 (0.246‐1.815) 0.430 0.70 (0.38‐1.27) 0.24
OR intra‐operative complications 1.34 (0.37‐4.93) 0.66 2.47 (0.50‐12.22) 0.27
OR postoperative complications 0.26 (0.13‐0.52) 0.000 0.25 (0.12‐0.53) 0.0003
OR complications 0.433 (0.215‐0.869) 0.019

*Event rate

**Mean difference