Table 5 Pooled risk ratios of complications in Crohn’s patients undergoing resection by laparoscopic or open technique
Perioperative complication | Number of studies | Total number of patients | Laparoscopic | Open surgery | Risk ratio | 95% Confidence interval | P Value | I2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All | 30 | 2300 | 12.00% | 17.90% | 0.71 | 0.58 - 0.86 | 0.001 | 0% |
Wound infection | 25 | 1670 | 5.80% | 6.10% | 0.86 | 0.60 - 1.25 | 0.43 | 0% |
Prolonged Ileus/ bowel obstruction | 14 | 1012 | 3.90% | 4.70% | 0.83 | 0.48 – 1.42 | 0.49 | 0% |
Respiratory complication | 11 | 825 | 0.80% | 2.50% | 0.57 | 0.25 – 1.33 | 0.19 | 0% |
Urinary tract infection | 5 | 367 | 1.90% | 3.30% | 0.65 | 0.21 – 2.02 | 0.46 | 0% |
Anastamotic leak | 12 | 1261 | 2.70% | 2.70% | 1 | 0.55 – 1.82 | 1 | 0% |
Intraabdominal abscess | 15 | 1121 | 2.70% | 4.40% | 0.69 | 0.39 – 1.20 | 0.19 | 0% |
<30 day reoperation | 13 | 917 | 2.40% | 4.00% | 0.72 | 0.37 – 1.38 | 0.32 | 0% |