Complications of preventive loop ileostomy versus colostomy: a meta-analysis, trial sequential analysis, and systematic review

Table 1 Study characteristics of five studies comparing the complication rates of ileostomy and colostomy

Reference	Design	No. of patients	Sample size		Mean age (years)		Male N (%)		Days to stoma closure Median (range)
Reference	Design	No. of patients	Ileostomy	Colostomy	Ileostomy	Colostomy	Ileostomy	Colostomy	Ileostomy	Colostomy
Law 2002⁴	RCT	80	42	38	65.2	67.8	26 (61.90)	23 (60.53)	183	180
Edwards 2001⁵	RCT	70	34	36	63	68	27 (79.41)	22 (61.11)	62 (17–120)	73 (28 ± 141)
Gooszen 1998⁶	RCT	76	37	39	63.2	64.7	14 (37.84)	13 (33.33)	-	-
Khoury 1987⁷	RCT	61	32	29	65	65	23 (47.83)	13 (50.00)	15.0 (10–64)	19.0 (9–138)
Williams 1986⁸	RCT	47	23	24	71	66.5	11 (71.88)	12 (44.83)	-	-

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