Table 2.
Details of operative time and hospital stay from all studies.
| Study | Overall operative time (minutes) | GJ anastomosis time (minutes) | JJ anastomosis time (minutes) | Colorectal anastomosis time (minutes) | Hospital stay (days) | |||||
| Standard suture | Barbed suture | Standard suture | Barbed suture | Standard suture | Barbed suture | Standard suture | Barbed suture | Standard suture | Barbed suture | |
| Bracale20 | 134.9 ± 34.1 | 120.9 ± 23.2 | – | – | – | – | 17.5 ± 2.2 | 12.1 ± 2.3 | 5.1 ± 2.6 | 4.9 ± 2.1 |
| Costantino16 | 74.3 ± 15.3 | 62.7 ± 15.5 | 21.3 ± 6.3 | 17.4 ± 5.1 | 21.4 ± 4.9 | 15.2 ± 5.5 | – | – | – | – |
| De Blasi17 | 125.06 ± 20.32 | 119.28 ± 26.29 | 11 ± 1.55 | 8.22 ± 2.1 | – | – | – | – | 3.1 ± 0.3 | 3.2 ± 0.45 |
| Feroci21 | 127.5a | 120a | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 (3–43) | 6 (3–70) |
| Gys14 | 60.73 ± 12.45 | 61.37 ± 17.48 | 8.26 ± 1.48 | 7.68 ± 1.18 | 6.17 ± 1.31 | 6.2 ± 0.98 | – | – | 3 ± 0.1 | 3 ± 0.2 |
| Milone15 | 134.4 ± 30.8 | 122.7 ± 31.1 | 24.1 ± 2.2 | 12.8 ± 1.4 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pennestri:18 | ||||||||||
| LRYGB | 95 (79.25–120) | 61.50(50–78.75) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 (4–6) | 3 (3–4) |
| SAGB | 76.5 (66–103.5) | 70 (51–94.5) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 (3–5) | 3 (2–4) |
| Tyner19 | 178.9 ± 44.4 | 154.2 ± 74.2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2.3 ± 0.7 | 2.6 ± 1.4 |
| Vidarsson22 | 69 ± 33 | 58 ± 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1.9 ± 2.6 | 1.5 ± 2.8 |
a Standard deviation not provided, therefore not included in meta-analysis.