Hand-sewn vs linearly stapled esophagogastric anastomosis for esophageal cancer: A meta-analysis

Table 1 Demographic data n (%)

Ref.	Study type	Anastomotic site	Patient		Leakage		Stricture		Sutured layer in HS
			LS	HS	LS	HS	LS	HS
Collard et al[11], 1998	Comparative	Cervical	16	24	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (6.3)	11 (45.8)	Single
Orringer et al[12], 2000	Comparative	Cervical	111	112	3 (2.7)	16 (14.3)	39 (35.1)	54 (48.2)	NS
Singh et al[14], 2001	Comparative	Cervical	16	43	1 (6.3)	10 (23.3)	3 (18.8)	25 (58.1)	Single
Casson et al[15], 2002	Comparative	Cervical	38	53	3 (7.9)	12 (22.6)	3 (7.9)	9 (17.0)	Mixed
Behzadi et al[16], 2005	Comparative	NS	75	205	4 (5.3)	26 (12.7)	11 (14.7)	70 (34.1)	Mixed
Ercan et al[7], 2005	Comparative	Cervical	86	188	3 (3.5)	20 (10.6)	56 (65.1)	169 (89.9)	Single
Blackmon et al[17], 2007	Comparative	Thoracic	44	23	3 (6.8)	1 (4.3)	4 (9.0)	8 (34.8)	Double
Kondra et al[18], 2008	Comparative	Cervical	79	89	10 (12.7)	24 (27.0)	23 (29.1)	49 (55.1)	Double
Cooke et al[19], 2009	Comparative	Cervical	974	159	117 (12.0)	33 (20.8)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	NS
Deng et al[20], 2009	Comparative	Cervical	9	8	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	2 (22.2)	4 (50.0)	Single
Xu et al[21], 2011	Comparative	Thoracic	166	54	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	3 (1.8)	5 (9.3)	NS
Saluja et al[22], 2012	RCT	Cervical	87	87	16 (18.4)	14 (16.1)	7 (8.0)	17 (19.5)	Single
Yang et al[23], 2012	RCT	Cervical	21	22	1 (4.8)	1 (4.5)	0 (0.0)	3 (13.6)	Double
Wang et al[24], 2013	RCT	Thoracic	45	52	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	5 (9.6)	Single
Price et al[25], 2013	Comparative	Mixed	260	57	21 (8.1)	11 (19.3)	33 (12.7)	13 (22.8)	NS

HS: Hand-sewn; LS: Linear stapled; NS: Not specified; RCT: Randomized controlled trial.