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. 2022 Oct 13;7(1):10–26. doi: 10.1002/ags3.12621

TABLE 1.

Meta‐analysis studies of postoperative outcomes in patients with CD treated with anti‐TNF agents

Authors Type of complication No. studies included Study population Experiment Anti‐TNF group complication rate (%) Non‐anti‐TNF group complication rate (%) OR (CI)
Kopylov et al 82

Overall

Infectious

Noninfectious

6

6

4

1316

1159

834

Anti‐TNF‐α

agents

142/336 (42)

78/287 (27)

39/200 (20)

284/980 (30)

165/872 (19)

60/634 (9)

1.72 (0.93–3.19)

1.50 (1.08–2.08)

1.26 (0.65–2.42)

Billioud, et al 83

Overall

Infectious

6

7

1316

1699

Anti‐TNF‐α agents

85/336 (25)

99/484 (21)

196/980 (20)

169/1215 (14)

1.31 (0.96–1.77)

1.45 (1.03–2.05)

Narula et al 87

Infectious

Non‐infectious

Total

15

11

13

3244

2496

3840

Anti‐TNF‐α agents

214/987 (22)

227/813 (28)

464/1059 (44)

328/2257 (15)

316/1683 (9)

801/2781 (29)

1.56 (1.09–2.24)

1.57 (1.14–2.17)

1.73 (1.23–2.43)

Rosenfeld et al 86

Major

Minor

Repeat operation

6

3

3

1129

564

710

Infliximab

99/257 (39)

25/148 (17)

18/173 (10)

223/872 (26)

17/416 (4)

29/537 (5)

1.59 (0.89–2.86)

1.80 (0.87–3.71)

1.33*0.55–3.30

El‐Hussuna et al 88 All anastomotic

13

11

2046

2340

Anti‐TNF‐α

agents

238/419 (57)

45/593 (8)

589/1627 (36)

143/1747 (8)

1.25 (1.10–1.43)

0.91 (0.56–1.47)

Yang et al 89

Total

Infectious

13

10

2538

2116

Infliximab

235/663 (35)

168/626 (27)

479/1875 (26)

280/1490 (19)

1.45 (1.04–2.02)

1.47 (1.08–1.99)

Ali et al 75

Total

Infectious

7

12

1454

3057

Anti‐TNF‐α

agents

235/431 (55)

152/823 (18)

192/1023 (19)

317/2234 (14)

1.16 (0.97–1.40)

1.29 (1.07–1.55)

Huang et al 74 Septic 6 1833 Anti‐TNF‐α agents Not reported Not reported

1.29 (0.79–2.11)

Waterland et al 92

Total infectious

Abdominal sepsis

8

9

1782

3988

Infliximab

165/548 (30)

60/697 (9)

252/1234 (20)

148/3291 (4)

1.52 (1.14–2.03)

1.22 (0.87–1.72)

Lin et al 90

Total

Infectious

20

15

7159

7063

Anti‐TNF agents

476/1673 (28)

272/1625 (17)

1086/5486 (20)

461/5438 (8)

1.53 (1.11–2.09)

2.09 (1.19–3.65)

Xu et al 84

Overall

Infectious

16

14

5498

5179

infliximab

619/1309 (47)

301/1244 (24)

1064/4189 (25)

485/3935 (12)

1.17 (0.82–1.66)

1.23 (0.87–1.74)

Law et al 91 Total 27 Not reported Anti‐TNF Agents Not reported Not reported 1.43 (1.09–1.87]
Hanzel et al 85

Total

Infectious

6

6

1224

1721

Anti‐TNF Agents

179/447 (40)

112/694 (16)

207/777 (27)

93/1027 (9)

1.03 (0.71–1.51)

2.05 (1.40–3.01)