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Table 1 Study characteristics

From: Efficacy of transanal tube placement after anterior resection for rectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study

Year

No. of patients

Type of operation

n

Anastomotic leakage

Reoperation

TT

NTT

TT

NTT

TT

NTT

Xiao et al. [19]

2011

370

Laparotomy

188

182

7 (3.7)

17 (9.3)

2 (1.1)

14 (7.7)

Nishigori et al. [20]

2014

176

Laparotomy and laparoscopy

36

140

1 (2.8)

22 (15.7)

1 (2.8)

11 (7.9)

Hidaka et al. [21]

2014

205

Laparoscopy

96

109

4 (4.2)

15 (13.8)

0 (0)

10 (9.2)

Zhao et al. [22]

2013

158

Laparotomy

81

77

2 (2.5)

7 (9.1)

2 (2.5)

7 (9.1)

  1. Data are presented as n (%)
  2. TT transanal tube, NTT non-transanal tube