Table 1 General characteristics of the included studies
From: Laparoscopic versus open surgery for pheochromocytoma: a meta-analysis
Author-year | Country | Study type | Gender (M/F) | Age (yr)c | BMI (kg/m2)c | Quality scored | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
LS | OS | LS | OS | LS | OS | ||||
Tiberio-2008 | Italy | RCT | 7/6 | 7/2 | 51 (37–74) | 51 (34–61) | NR | NR | / |
Inabnet-2000 | France | RS | 3/8 | 4/7 | 51.4± 10.0 | 45.7±14.0 | NR | NR | 8 |
Kim-2004 | Korea | RS | 8/7 | 5/4 | 45.2 (30-58) | 43.3 (23-66) | 24.2±1.8a | 24±1.2a | 7 |
Zhu-2019 | China | RS | 24/22 | 28/18 | 48.15±12.68 | 45.17±10.29 | 21.62±2.70 | 21.67±2.73 | 8 |
Bai-2019 | China | RS | 27/37 | 31/33 | 51.9 ± 13.3 | 51.7 ± 13.4 | 23.4(20.4-25.1)b | 23.1(20.2-26.1)b | 8 |
Sprung-2000 | America | RS | 5/9 | 8/12 | 57 ± 15 | 46 ± 17 | NR | NR | 7 |
Tanaka-2000 | Japan | RS | NR | NR | 39.5 (16-50) | 38 (15-63) | NR | NR | 7 |
Lang-2008 | China | RS | 30/23 | 26/24 | 36.2±12.5 | 35.4±14.1 | 23.3±1.3 | 23.5±1.4 | 8 |
Edwin-2001 | Russia | RS | NR | NR | 52 (31–65) | 45 (24–65) | NR | NR | 7 |
Wang-2011 | China | RS | 11/15 | 14/9 | 42.4 ± 11.7 | 37.5 ± 16.3 | 23.5 ± 2.96 | 23.0 ± 3.46 | 7 |
Davies-2004 | Victoria | RS | 6/6 | 7/5 | 54±15 | 52±22 | NR | NR | 8 |
Kazaryan-2004 | Russia | RS | 5/4 | 9/13 | 48 ± 12 | 44 ± 12 | NR | NR | 8 |
Song-2012 | China | RS | 13/10 | 16/9 | 32-67 | 28-62 | NR | NR | 7 |
Barband-2008 | Iran | RS | 5/5 | 6/4 | 36±13.7 | 42.3±15.2 | 24.7±2.3 | 26.2±1.7 | 8 |