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Table 2 Characteristics of the studies used in our meta-analysis

From: Comparative pulmonary functional recovery after Nuss and Ravitch procedures for pectus excavatum repair: a meta-analysis

 

Author

Cases

Race

Gender

Age

Mean age

Mean PSI

M

F

> 14 yr

≤ 14 yr

Ravitch

Pan[31]

268

Asian

213

55

0

268

4.5

 
 

Jo[32]

16

Asian

14

2

  

8.8

4.0

 

Jiang[25]

27

Asian

24

3

0

27

5.0

 
 

Hu[24]

137

Asian

113

24

0

137

4.8

 
 

Molik[9]

68

Western

  

0

68

12.6

 
 

Kowalewski[26]

34

Western

24

10

  

13.4

 
 

Fonkalsrud[22]

139

Western

111

28

  

17.3

4.9

 

Davis[21]

69

Western

58

11

22

47

14.5

 
 

Boehm[33]

7

Western

5

2

0

7

17.8

 
 

Total

769

 

566

135

22

557

9.1

 

Nuss

Fan[20]

87

Asian

62

25

7

80

5.8

 
 

Jo[32]

107

Asian

79

28

  

7.9

4.3

 

Kim[34]

51

Asian

40

11

12

39

13.2

4.74

 

Uemura[35]

107

Asian

75

32

101

6

7.5

6.1

 

Watanabe[36]

53

Asian

38

15

6

47

9.0

4.96

 

Croitoru[20]

303

Western

243

60

  

12.4

 
 

Dzielicki[37]

461

Western

362

99

229

232

15.2

 
 

Aronso[17]

35

Western

28

7

35

0

23.0

 
 

Aronso[17]

141

Western

105

36

0

141

13.0

 
 

Fonkalsrud[22]

68

Western

49

19

  

12.0

4.2

 

Bawazir[18]

48

Western

    

13.5

3.9

 

Molik[9]

35

Western

  

0

35

9.5

 
 

Sigalet[30]

26

Western

  

0

26

13.2

4.5

 

Boehm[33]

21

Western

20

1

0

21

14.4

 
 

Borowitz[19]

10

Western

10

0

  

13.4

 
 

Total

1555

 

1113

333

390

629

12.4

 

Overall

 

2476

 

1796

503

491

1259

11.6

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