Meta-Analysis
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2019.
World J Gastrointest Endosc. Dec 16, 2019; 11(12): 573-588
Published online Dec 16, 2019. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v11.i12.573
Table 1 Characteristics of the studies included in the meta-analysis
AuthorRef.CountryYearPatients (n = 3854)Interven-tionInterven-tion (n = 1834)ControlControl (n = 2004)ProcedureJadad
Seifert[19]Germany2000239PROP120PROP + MDZ119Endoscopy/ERCP5
Sipe[39]USA200280PROP40MDZ + MEP40Colono-scopy4
Vargo[35]USA200275PROP38MDZ + MEP37ERCP/EUS4
Ulmer[40]USA2003100PROP50MDZ + FTN50Colono-scopy4
Riphaus[41]Germany2005150PROP75MDZ + MEP75ERCP5
VanNatta[12]USA2006200PROP50FTN + PROP/MDZ + PROP/MDZ + FTN + PROP150Colono-scopy3
Fanti[42]Italy2007270PROP135PROP + MDZ135EUS5
Dewitt[44]USA200880PROP40MDZ + MEP40EUS5
Kongkam[43]Thailand2008134PROP67MDZ + MEP67ERCP4
Schilling[45]Germany2009150PROP75MDZ + MEP75ERCP/EUS/Enteroscopy5
Pascual[26]Cuba2011512PROP256MDZ + MEP256Colono-scopy4
Lee[25]Korea2011222PROP + MDZ + MEP102MDZ + MEP104Endoscopy/ERCP5
Chun[31]Korea2012135PROP67PROP + MDZ68Stomach ESD3
Angsuwatcharakon[30]Thailand2012205PROP + MDZ + MEP103MDZ + MEP102ERCP3
Lee[29]Korea2012206PROP104PROP + MDZ + FTN102ERCP/EUS5
Zuo[28]China2012100PROP49MDZ + FTN51Endomicroscopy5
Levitzky[27]USA2012110PROP + MDZ + FTN55MDZ + FTN55Endoscopy3
Gurbulak[33]Turkey2014124PROP62MDZ + MEP62Colono-scopy5
Chan[32]Taiwan2014220PROP110PROP + MDZ + AFTN110Endoscopy + colonoscopy5
Hsu[36]Taiwan2015100PROP50PROP + MDZ +FTN50Endoscopy + colonoscopy1
Haytural[34]Turkey201590PROP30PROP + FTN/PROP + RFTN60ERCP1
Li[38]China201690PROP30PROP + FTN60Colono-scopy3
Schroeder[37]USA2016262PROP126MDZ + FTN136Colono-scopy4