Meta-Analysis of Low Temperature Plasma Radiofrequency Ablation and CO₂ Laser Surgery on Early Glottic Laryngeal Carcinoma

Table 7

Results of meta-analysis of postoperative mucosal recovery.

Study or subgroup	Radio frequency group		Laser group		Weight	Odds ratio, -, fixed, 95% CI
	Events	Total	Events	Total
Mourad et al.	24	30	16	30	74.38%	4.35 [2.09, 9.02]
Bin et al.	27	33	19	33	25.62%	25.18 [2.31, 23.09]
Total (95% CI)		63		63	100.00%	5.49 [2.36, 10.18]
Total events	51		35

Heterogeneity: , (); . Test for overall effect: ().