Table 1.
Patient demographic details from all studies.
| Study | Procedure type | Patients (n) | Age (years) | Female gender, n (%) | Body mass index (kg/m2) | ||||
| Standard suture | Barbed suture | Standard suture | Barbed suture | Standard suture | Barbed suture | Standard suture | Barbed suture | ||
| Bracale20 | Colorectal | 40 | 40 | 74.1 ± 9.9 | 72.5 ± 11.2 | 17 (43) | 12 (30) | 30.6 ± 7.5 | 30 ± 7.9 |
| Costantino16 | LRYGB | 76 | 219 | 40 ± 10.7 | 38 ± 10.8 | 63 (83) | 213 (97) | 44 ± 6.5 | 44.9 ± 6.9 |
| De Blasi17 | LRYGB | 50 | 50 | 42.4 ± 10.6 | 43.7 ± 12.1 | – | – | 44.7 ± 7.6 | 44.0 ± 4.5 |
| Feroci21 | Colorectal | 47 | 47 | 69 (43–94) | 72.5 (52–87) | 22 (47) | 27 (57) | 24.20 (20–29) | 25 (18–30) |
| Gys14 | LRYGB | 100 | 100 | 38.9 | 40.4 | F : M ratio 2.8 | F : M ratio 4.0 | 40.8 | 40.5 |
| Milone15 | SAGB | 30 | 30 | 35.1 ± 9.3 | 36.5 ± 6.8 | 9 (30) | 12 (40) | 46.4 ± 3.3 | 45.8 ± 3.5 |
| Pennestri:18 | |||||||||
| LRYGB | LRYGB | 244 | 244 | 42 (35–49) | 43 (35–50) | 179 (73) | 182 (74) | 43.3 (40.3–47.3) | 43.8 (40.5–47.4) |
| SAGB | SAGB | 24 | 24 | 42 (35.25–47.75) | 46 (25.25–53.50) | 17 (70.8) | 16 (67) | 45.8 (42.1–50.7) | 49.3 (42.3–52.2) |
| Tyner19 | LRYGB | 38 | 46 | 46.3 ± 9.8 | 48.3 ± 11.9 | 35 (89.5) | 41 (89.1) | 41.3 ± 4.7 | 41.9 ± 5.3 |
| Vidarsson22 | LRYGB | 22795 | 2211 | 40.9 ± 11.2 | 41.0 ± 11.6 | 17142 (75) | 1694 (77) | 42.3 ± 5.2 | 41.3 ± 5.1 |
F, female; LRYGB, laparoscopic Roux en-Y gastric bypass; M, male; SAGB, single anastomosis gastric bypass.