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Table 1 Characteristics of the included trials

From: Comparison of two different mechanical esophagogastric anastomosis in esophageal cancer patients: a meta-analysis

Author

Publication year

Anastomotic method

No. of patients

Male/female ratio

Age

Yoshiyuki F

2005

LS

12

Details unknown

-

  

CS

8

 

-

Shanda H. B

2007

LS

44

Details unknown

61.0 ± 9.0

  

CS

147

 

62.0 ± 12.0

Qi-Rong Xu

2010

LS

162

143 /23

60.2 ± 8.4

  

CS

67

61/7

61.3 ± 7.6

Wen-Ping Wang

2013

LS

45

41/4

59.7 ± 7.4

  

CS

47

41/6

61.4 ± 7.7

Theolyn N. P

2013

LS

260

Details unknown

64.0

  

CS

48

 

64.0