Meta-Analysis
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2018.
World J Gastroenterol. Jun 28, 2018; 24(24): 2628-2639
Published online Jun 28, 2018. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v24.i24.2628
Table 7 Outcomes of sensitivity analysis
Sensitivity analysisHeterogeneity test
Overall effect
I² (%)Tau²OR/WMD and 95%CIP value
Operative time
Include all studies8462.60-12.95 (-22.29 to -3.61)0.007
Exclude "He et al 2017"81142.92-20.41 (-36.14 to -4.68)0.01
Exclude "Huang et al 2017"8870.94-12.75 (-23.99 to -1.52)0.03
Exclude "Park et al 2014"6918.50-8.03 (-14.13 to -1.94)0.01
Exclude "Li et al 2011"88235.46-19.13 (-38.42 to 0.16)0.05
Intraoperative blood loss
Include all studies901798.47-46.38 (-91.93 to -0.83)0.05
Exclude "He et al 2017"923010.33-69.86 (-136.73 to -2.99)0.04
Exclude "Huang et al 2017"934274.27-60.75 (-139.17 to 17.68)0.13
Exclude "Park et al 2014"65259.64-15.15 (-37.95 to 7.64)0.19
Exclude "Li et al 2011"932690.80-64.63 (-127.90 to -1.37)0.05
Hospital stay
Include all studies690.65-0.71 (-1.69 to 0.27)0.16
Exclude "Huang et al 2017"90.03-1.22 (-1.71 to -0.73)< 0.00001