The Safety and Efficiency of Surgery with Colonic Stents in Left-Sided Malignant Colonic Obstruction: A Meta-Analysis

Table 3

Result of meta-analysis.

Content	Sample size	Model of meta-analysis	RR (95% CI)	Heterogeneity test		𝑃 value of Egger’s test
				𝑃 value	𝐼^2 (%)
Primary anastomotic rate	273	Random effect model	1.29 (0.86–1.94)	0.00001	92	0.0503
Overall colostomy rate	273	Fixed effect model	0.77 (0.61–0.96)	0.2132	32	0.8785
Rate of anastomotic leak	273	Fixed effect model	0.73 (0.32–1.71)	0.1639	39	0.1648
Overall complication rate	273	Random effect model	0.58 (0.30–1.10)	0.00276	76	0.0065
Postoperative mortality within 30 days	273	Fixed effect model	0.83 (0.36–1.93)	0.3312	12	0.4911
SSI	273	Fixed effect model	0.51 (0.28–0.92)	0.460	0	0.276