Impact of different anastomosis methods on post-recurrence after intestinal resection for Crohn's disease: A meta-analysis

Table 1 Characteristics of the included studies

Ref.	Country	Type of study	Total number of patients	Kono-S anastomosis			Traditional anastomosis
				No. of patients	Age	M/F	No. of patients	Age	M/F
Shimada et al[15], 2019	Japan	Retro/cohort study	215	117	39.00 ± 3.13	84/33	98	35.06 ± 11.29	74/24
Tyrode et al[19], 2023	France	Retro/cohort study	85	30	36.11 ± 14.01	13/17	55	33.83 ± 12.79	24/31
Kelm et al[20], 2022	Germany	Retro/cohort study	51	22	38.41 ± 11.00	14/8	29	38.42 ± 13.57	14/15
Alibert et al[21], 2023	France	Retro/cohort study	432	155	38.20 ± 13.90	79/76	277	37.60 ± 14.20	107/170
Kono et al[22], 2011	Japan	Retro/cohort study	142	69	32.36 ± 9.09	57/12	73	29.38 ± 10.06	58/15
Luglio et al[23], 2020	Italy	RCT	79	36	34.75 ± 5.91	18/18	43	43.10 ± 7.55	22/21

Retro: Retrospective; RCT: Randomized clinical trial.