Back to basics: A meta-analysis of stump management during open appendicectomy for uncomplicated acute appendicitis

Table 1 Characteristics of studies examined n (%)

Ref.	Stump closure	n	Age (yr)	Sex (male)	Jadad score[21]	Postoperative ileus	Wound infections	Postoperative pyrexia	Postoperative vomiting
Watter et al[12]	SL	44	18 (5-43)	21 (48)	1	-	8 (18.2)	-	-
	SI	59	22 (6-46)	29 (49)		-	11 (18.6)	-	-
Chaudhary et al[13]	SL	382	-	213 (56)	1	6 (1.6)	21 (5.5)	-	-
	SI	295	-	157 (53)		15 (5.1)	19 (6.4)	-	-
Jamal et al[23]	SL	40	23 ± 9	-	1	3 (7.5)	6 (15.0)	-	-
	SI	40	21 ± 6	-		11 (27.5)	9 (22.5)	-	-
Khan et al[24]	SL	50	24 ± 8	35 (70)	1	0	2 (4.0)	10 (20.0)	-
	SI	50	24 ± 9	32 (64)		1 (2.0)	3 (6.0)	15 (30.0)	-
Reza et al[25]	SL	184	27 ± 14	129 (70)	1	3 (1.6)	8 (4.2)	-	-
	SI	177	26 ± 13	124 (70)		8 (4.6)	7 (4.0)	-	-
Minhas et al[26]	SL	30	25 ± 2	17 (57)	0	0	2 (6.7)	-	3 (10.0)
	SI	30	25 ± 3	16 (53)		3 (10)	4 (13.3)	-	8 (26.7)
Chalya et al[22]	SL	43	24 ± 12	20 (47)	2	1 (2.3)	1 (2.3)	2 (4.7)	1 (2.3)
	SI	44	26 ± 15	21 (48)		5 (11.4)	2 (4.5)	3 (6.8)	2 (4.5)

SL: Simple ligation; SI: Stump invagination.