Review Article
Pancreatogastrostomy versus Pancreatojejunostomy: An Up-to-Date Meta-Analysis of RCTs
Table 2
Study characteristics.
| First author | Sample size | Age | Gender (M/F) | Intervention | Comparator | Primary outcome | Follow-up | Morbidity | PG | PJ | PG | PJ | PG | PJ | PG | PJ |
| Keck | 171 | 149 | 68 (35–86) | 66 (29–87) | 95/76 | 93/56 | PG | PJ | Clinically relevant POPF, grade B or C | 12 months | N/A |
| Grendar | 48 | 50 | 63.6 ± 13.1 | 68.1 ± 10.7 | 20/28 | 29/21 | PG | PJ | Rate of pancreatic anastomotic leak/fistula | N/A | 29 | 24 |
| El Nakeeb | 45 | 45 | 58 (12–73) | 54 (15–73) | 23/22 | 27/18 | PG | Isolated Roux loop pancreaticojejunostomy | Rate of POPF | 12 months | 17 | 14 |
| Figueras | 65 | 58 | 67 (35–80) | 65.5 (42–80) | 44/21 | 37/21 | PG | PJ | Rate of POPF | 6 months | 41 | 38 |
| Topal | 162 | 167 | 67.0 (60.6–73.5) | 66.1 (59.4–74.6) | 100/62 | 91/76 | PG | PJ | Clinically relevant POPF, grade B or C | 2 months | 100 | 99 |
| Wellner | 59 | 57 | 67 (34–84) | 64 (23–81) | 27/32 | 29/28 | PG | PJ | Clinically relevant POPF, grade B or C | 90 days | N/A |
| Fernàndez-Cruz | 53 | 55 | 63 ± 13 | 63 ± 14 | 29/24 | 38/17 | PG with gastric partition | PJ | Rate of POPF | N/A | 12 | 24 |
| Bassi | 69 | 82 | 59.3 (58.2–60.4) | 55.5 (54.5–56.6) | 44/25 | 35/33 | PG | PJ | Rate of POPF | N/A | 20 | 32 |
| Duffas | 81 | 68 | 58.2 ± 11 | 58.6 ± 12 | 51/30 | 35/33 | PG | PJ | Rate of one or more postoperative IACs | 30 days | 37 | 32 |
| Yeo | 73 | 72 | 61.5 ± 1.7 | 62.4 ± 1.4 | 33/40 | 38/34 | PG | PJ | Rate of POPF | N/A | 36 | 31 |
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