Table 3.
Summary of findings according to GRADE profiler
| Outcome | No. of studies | Study design | Quality assessment | Quality | Importance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Risk of bias | Inconsistency | Indirectness | Imprecision | Other considerations | |||||
| R0 resection | 6 | Observational studies | Not serious | Not serious | Not serious | Not serious | Not serious | Low | Critical |
| POPF | 5 | Observational studies | Not serious | Not serious | Not serious | Not serious | Not serious | Low | Critical |
| Lymph node harvested | 4 | Observational studies | Not serious | Not serious | Not serious | Not serious | Not serious | Low | Critical |
| Postoperative Hemorrhage | 4 | Observational studies | Not serious | Not serious | Not serious | Not serious | Not serious | Low | Critical |
| Estimated Blood loss | 4 | Observational studies | Not serious | Not serious | Not serious | Not serious | Not serious | Low | Critical |
| Length hospital days | 5 | Observational studies | Not serious | Not serious | Not serious | Not serious | Not serious | Low | Critical |