Laparoscopic surgery compared with open surgery decreases surgical site infection in obese patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

DM Shabanzadeh, LT Sørensen - Annals of surgery, 2012 - journals.lww.com
meta-analysis discloses that laparoscopic surgery compared with open surgery reduces
the surgical site infection rate by 70%−80% across general abdominal surgical procedures in …

Laparoscopic versus open surgery for rectal cancer: a meta-analysis

O Aziz, V Constantinides, PP Tekkis… - Annals of surgical …, 2006 - Springer
… Laparoscopic rectal cancer surgery aims to provide patients with curative resection while …
This study used meta-analytical techniques to compare laparoscopic and open surgery as the …

Safety of laparoscopic vs open bariatric surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

J Reoch, S Mottillo, A Shimony, KB Filion… - … of surgery, 2011 - jamanetwork.com
… Our meta-analysis has several potential … open bariatric surgery, our meta-analysis did not
have sufficient precision to conclusively compare the effects of laparoscopic and open surgery

Metaanalysis of trials comparing laparoscopic and open surgery for Crohn's disease

AS Rosman, M Melis, A Fichera - Surgical Endoscopy and Other …, 2005 - Springer
… Laparoscopic surgery required more operative time than open surgery (26.8 min; 95… surgery
also was associated with a decreased rate for postoperative bowel obstruction and surgical

Meta-analysis of the results of randomized controlled trials that compared laparoscopic and open surgery for acute appendicitis

H Ohtani, Y Tamamori, Y Arimoto, Y Nishiguchi… - … Gastrointestinal Surgery, 2012 - Elsevier
… laparoscopic surgery with open surgery for acute appendicitis. Our meta-analysis included
… undergone laparoscopic surgery, and 3,049 had undergone open surgery. Compared with …

Preoperative risk factors for conversion of laparoscopic cholecystectomy to open surgery-a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

J Philip Rothman, J Burcharth, HC Pommergaard… - Digestive surgery, 2016 - karger.com
… the surgical strategy in this group, for example, ensuring sufficient available expertise for
complicated cases. The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis … to open surgery, in …

Laparoscopic surgery for Crohn's disease: a meta-analysis of perioperative complications and long term outcomes compared with open surgery

SV Patel, SVB Patel, SV Ramagopalan, MC Ott - BMC surgery, 2013 - Springer
… and open techniques in patients with Crohn’s Disease. The objective of this meta-analysis
was to … in patients with Crohn’s disease undergoing laparoscopic or open surgical resection. …

A meta-analysis of the short-and long-term results of randomized controlled trials that compared laparoscopy-assisted and conventional open surgery for rectal cancer

H Ohtani, Y Tamamori, T Azuma, Y Mori… - … Gastrointestinal Surgery, 2011 - Springer
open surgery; this finding suggests that laparoscopic surgery for rectal cancer leads to faster
recovery. In this meta-analysis, … laparoscopic surgery than conventional open surgery, both …

The short-and long-term outcomes of laparoscopic versus open surgery for colorectal cancer: a meta-analysis

CL Wang, G Qu, HW Xu - International journal of colorectal disease, 2014 - Springer
surgery and conventional open surgery for colorectal cancer. … surgery was less by 91.06 ml
than open surgery (p = 0.044). … lower in laparoscopic surgery than in open surgery (p = 0.011, …

Laparoscopic versus open surgery for colon cancer: a meta-analysis of 5-year follow-up outcomes

B Di, Y Li, K Wei, X Xiao, J Shi, Y Zhang, X Yang… - Surgical oncology, 2013 - Elsevier
meta-analysis included the latest RCT and the length of follow-up was limited to 5 years. We
can also conclude from this analysissurgery in surgical oncology and compared with open