Feasibility of Comparing the Results of Pancreatic Resections between Surgeons: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Pancreatic Resections

Table 1

Population characteristics.

Study ID	Number of; patients	Cancers; (percentage)	Groups			Numbers in each group			Average age; in years	Females; (percentage)
			Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
Abu-Hilal et al. 2010 [35]	100	Not reported	Feeding through percutaneous jejunostomy feeding tube	Feeding through percutaneous transgastric jejunal feeding tube	Feeding through nasojejunal feeding tube	25	32	43	67	45 (45%)
Adams et al. 2013 [36]	102	0 (0%)	Total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplant	—	—	102	—	—	42	79 (77.5%)
Addeo et al. 2014 [37]	1325	1325 (100%)	Pancreaticogastrostomy	Pancreaticojejunostomy	—	733	563	—	65	754 (56.9%)
Adham et al. 2013 [20]	242	Not reported	Drain	No drain	—	130	112	—	62	115 (47.5%)
Alexakis et al. 2004 [38]	112	0 (0%)	Opioid use prior to surgery	No opioid use prior to surgery	—	66	46	—	46	35 (31.3%)
Aranha et al. 2006 [21]	396	168 (42.4%)	Pancreaticoduodenectomy	Distal pancreatectomy with splenectomy	—	396	86	—	67	169 (42.7%)
Asbun and Stauffer 2012 [22]	268	130 (48.5%)	Open procedure	Laparoscopic procedure	—	215	53	—	66	144 (53.7%)
Assifi et al. 2012 [39]	597	Not reported	Pancreaticoduodenectomy	Suspension pancreatic duct-jejunum end-to-side continuous suture anastomosis	—	553	65	—	64	284 (47.6%)
Barnett and Collier 2006 [23]	104	85 (81.7%)	Patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy	—	—	104	—	—	63	47 (45.2%)
Bassi et al. 2005 [40]	163	89 (54.6%)	Pancreaticogastrostomy	Pancreaticojejunostomy	—	69	82	—	57	56 (34.4%)
Beane et al. 2011 [41]	230	63 (27.4%)	Endoscopic ultrasound	No endoscopic ultrasound	Distal pancreatectomy	179	51	—	60	143 (62.2%)
Bedi et al. 2011 [42]	248	Not reported	Pancreaticojejunostomy	Pancreaticogastrostomy	—	126	122	—	Not reported	Not reported
Del Chiaro et al. 2012 [43]	367	Not reported	Overweight or obese	Normal weight	—	141	226	—	Not reported	Not reported
Dong et al. 2013 [44]	165	156 (94.5%)	End-to-end/end-to-side invaginated anastomosis	End-to-side mucosal anastomosis	Suspension pancreatic duct-jejunum end-to-side continuous suture anastomosis	52	48	65	51	50 (30.3%)
El Nakeeb et al. 2013 [45]	442	Not reported	Cirrhotic liver	Noncirrhotic liver	—	67	375	—	53	165 (37.3%)
Fang et al. 2007 [46]	377	319 (84.6%)	Pancreaticojejunostomy	Pancreaticogastrostomy	—	188	189	—	68	116 (30.8%)
Fathy et al. 2008 [47]	216	Not reported	Pancreaticoduodenal resection	—	—	216		—	54	85 (39.4%)
Figueras et al. 2013 [48]	130	104 (80%)	Duct-to-duct pancreaticojejunostomy	Double-layer invaginated pancreaticogastrostomy	—	58	65	—	66	42 (32.3%)
Fischer et al. 2010 [49]	209	85 (40.7%)	Acute normovolemic haemodilution	Standard intraoperative management	—	65	65	—	65	61 (29.2%)
Fisher et al. 2011 [50]	100	Not reported	Nasogastric tubes removed in the early postoperative period	Nasogastric tubes removed in the operating room at the conclusion of surgery	—	50	50	—	62	56 (56%)
Haigh et al. 2011 [51]	2610	1828 (70%)	Younger (patients aged under 70 years)	Elder (patients aged over 70 years)	—	1633	799	—	64	1330 (51%)
Kleespies et al. 2009 [52]	182	160 (87.9%)	Cattell-Warren pancreaticojejunostomy	Blumgart anastomosis	—	90	92	—	66	77 (42.3%)
Liu and Zheng 2010 [53]	123	0 (0%)	Pancreaticoduodenectomy	Duodenum preserving pancreatic head resection	—	57	66	—	Not reported	Not reported
Oussoultzoglou et al. 2004 [54]	250	175 (70%)	Pancreaticogastrostomy	Pancreaticojejunostomy	—	167	83	—	59	96 (38.4%)
Peng et al. 2007 [55]	261	194 (74.3%)	Binding pancreaticojejunostomy	Conventional pancreaticojejunostomy	—	106	111	—	52	100 (38.3%)
Qin et al. 2013 [56]	582	Not reported	Pancreaticoduodenectomy		—	582	—	—	Not reported	Not reported
Ross et al. 2013 [57]	200	108 (54%)	No perioperative transfusion	Perioperative transfusion	—	164	36	—	64	113 (56.5%)
Tran et al. 2004 [58]	170	Not reported	Standard Whipple	Pylorus preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy	—	83	87	—	63	62 (36.5%)
Wellner et al. 2012 [59]	267	121 (45.3%)	Pancreaticogastrostomy	Pancreaticojejunostomy	—	59	57	—	66	60 (22.5%)
Williams et al. 2009 [60]	174	172 (71.7%)	Normal weight	Overweight	Obese	103	71	66	65	123 (70.7%)

Groups according to the way the authors divided the patients.