Laparoscopic Intervention to Pancreatic Pseudocyst Confers Short-Term Benefits: A Meta-Analysis

Table 2

Summary of pooled results.

Pooled result	Statistical method	Number of studies	MD/OR	95% CI	value	Heterogeneity
							I^2 (%)
Intraoperative blood loss	Fixed	2	−69.97	−95.14, −44.79	<0.00001	0.86	0
Operating time	Random	5	−33.12	−62.24, −4.00	0.03	<0.00001	93
Success rate	Fixed	5	1.25	0.33, 4.81	0.74	0.97	0
Recurrence rate	Fixed	4	1.13	0.23, 5.45	0.88	0.94	0
Overall complications	Random	5	0.43	0.11, 1.77	0.25	0.07	53
Gastrointestinal bleeding	Fixed	4	2.12	0.56, 8.02	0.27	0.11	51
Intra-abdominal abscess	Fixed	3	0.85	0.37, 1.98	0.71	0.70	0
Internal hernia	Fixed	3	0.17	0.03, 1.17	0.07	0.93	0
Pneumonia	Fixed	4	0.48	0.19, 1.20	0.11	0.91	0
ARDS	Fixed	4	0.98	0.48, 2.01	0.96	0.48	0
Mortality	Fixed	3	0.56	0.15, 2.12	0.40	0.45	0

MD, mean difference; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval. Statistical difference, . Statistical difference, .