Effectiveness and safety of splenectomy for gastric carcinoma: A meta-analysis

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World Journal of Gastroenterology

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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 14, 2009; 15(42): 5352-5359
Published online Nov 14, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.5352

Table 4 Sensitivity results of meta-analysis of overall survival rates and safety (excluding the trial with low quality)

	No. of studies	Splenectomy (n¹/N)	Splenic preservation (n¹/N)	RR/WMD (95% CI)	P-value for effect size	P-value for heterogeneity	Effect model
Overall survival rate stratified by different length of follow-up
	2	93/190	84/197	1.14 (0.92, 1.41)	0.23	0.91	Fixed
Postoperative morbidity and mortality
Morbidity	1	16/104	9/103	1.76 (0.82, 3.80)	0.15	NA	Fixed
Mortality	2	6/194	4/200	1.58 (0.45, 5.50)	0.47	0.82	Fixed

¹Represents the patients alive; NA: Not applicable.

Citation: Yang K, Chen XZ, Hu JK, Zhang B, Chen ZX, Chen JP. Effectiveness and safety of splenectomy for gastric carcinoma: A meta-analysis. World J Gastroenterol 2009; 15(42): 5352-5359
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v15/i42/5352.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.15.5352