Review Article
Feasibility of Comparing the Results of Pancreatic Resections between Surgeons: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Pancreatic Resections
Table 3
Identification of outliers.
| | Outcome and proportion | Sample size | Outlier (2.5% false positive) | Outlier (0.1% false positive) |
| | Mortality: meta-analysis summary (3.1%) | 50 | >12.2% | >16.7% | | 100 | >8.6% | >11.2% | | 200 | >6.5% | >8.1% |
| | Mortality: lower quartile (1.6%) | 50 | >9.9% | >14.4% | | 100 | >6.4% | >9.0% | | 200 | >4.5% | >5.9% |
| | Mortality: upper quartile (4.7%) | 50 | >14.4% | >19.0% | | 100 | >10.8% | >13.5% | | 200 | >8.6% | >10.2% |
| | Complications: meta-analysis summary (47.0%) | 50 | >60.5% | >64.4% | | 100 | >56.7% | >59.6% | | 200 | >53.9% | >56.0% |
| | Complications: lower quartile (38.3%) | 50 | >52.1% | >56.4% | | 100 | >48.1% | >51.2% | | 200 | >45.2% | >47.4% |
| | Complications: upper quartile (53.4%) | 50 | >66.5% | >70.1% | | 100 | >62.9% | >65.6% | | 200 | >60.2% | >62.2% |
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