Table 3.

Subgroup analysis of laparoscopic versus open gastrectomy stratified by different type of gastrectomy

Outcome	Studies	Participants	Heterogeneity		Model	WMD, RR, or HR	95% CI	P
			I2	P
Lymph nodes harvested
1. Distal gastrectomy	9	667	64%	0.005	Random	−1.64	[−3.76, 0.39]	0.11
Severe adverse complications
1. Distal gastrectomy	8	627	0	0.81	Fixed	0.62	[0.29, 1.34]	0.22
Short-term recurrence
1. Distal gastrectomy	4	166	Totals not selected
Long-term recurrence
1. Distal gastrectomy	7	545	0	0.77	Fixed	0.99	[0.78, 1.26]	0.93
Short-term mortality
1. Distal gastrectomy	8	471	0	0.69	Fixed	0.65	[0.11, 3.79]	0.64
Long-term mortality
1. Distal gastrectomy	7	389	0	0.28	Fixed	1.22	[0.68, 2.17]	0.50