Table 3.

Publication biases for investigated outcomes

Outcomes	P value for Egger	P value for Begg
En bloc resection rates	0.367	0.274
Complete resection rates	0.668	0.373
Curative resection rates	0.352	1.000
Local recurrence rates	0.099	0.360
Bleeding	0.096	0.392
Perforation rates	0.818	0.303
Operation time	0.344	0.711