Comparison 14. Mortality, overall.

Outcome or subgroup title	No. of studies	No. of participants	Statistical method	Effect size
1 Overall mortality at maximum follow‐up, colorectal	9	2881	Odds Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)	0.84 [0.70, 1.00]
2 Overall mortality at maximum follow‐up, colon	4	1162	Odds Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)	0.82 [0.62, 1.09]
3 Mortality, overall, rectum	2	197	Odds Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)	0.0 [0.0, 0.0]
4 Meta‐analysis of hazard ratios for death in the laparoscopic group			Other data	No numeric data