Table 2 Results of meta-analysis comparing barbed and control suture group
Outcomes of interest | Results of the combined studies | Study heterogeneity | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Studies no. | Barbed group patients no. | Control group patient no. | SMD/MD/OR | 95% CI | P value | I2 | P value | |
Warm ischemia time | 5 | 124 | 159 | −6.55 | −8.86 to −4.24 | < 0.00001 | 50% | 0.09 |
Warm ischemia time* | 4 | 93 | 128 | −7.85 | −9.48 to-6.22 | < 0.00001 | 0% | 0.56 |
Operative time | 4 | 93 | 128 | −11.29 | −17.87 to − 4.71 | 0.0008 | 17% | 0.30 |
Estimated blood loss | 5 | 108 | 163 | 0.50 | −1.41 to 0.42, | 0.29 | 91% | < 0.00001 |
Estimated blood loss* | 4 | 72 | 123 | −0.07 | −0.36 to 0.23 | 0.66 | 0% | 0.81 |
Perioperative blood transfusion | 6 | 160 | 191 | 0.56 | 0.26 to 1.24 | 0.15 | 0% | 0.58 |
Hospital stay | 4 | 93 | 128 | −0.21 | −0.58 to 0.15 | 0.26 | 0% | 0.49 |
Postoperative complications | 8 | 190 | 241 | 0.44 | 0.24 to 0.80 | 0.007 | 0% | 0.92 |