Research Article
Reconstruction Methods and Complications of Esophagogastrostomy and Jejunal Interposition in Proximal Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer: A Meta-Analysis
Table 1
Clinical characteristic of the included studies in meta-analysis.
| Authors | Years | Design | Quality score | Group | No. of patients | Age (mean) | Gender (M/F) | Population |
| Seike et al. [15] | 1998 | Retrospective | 5 | EG | 11 | 69.3 | 10/1 | EGC | | | | | JI | 14 | 54.8 | 8/6 | |
| Ichikawa et al. [16] | 2001 | Retrospective | 5 | EG | 13 | N/A | N/A | EGC | | | | | JI | 13 | N/A | N/A | |
| Tokunaga et al. [10] | 2009 | Retrospective | 6 | EG | 36 | 63.6 | 30/6 | EGC/AGC | | | | | JI | 40 | 60.9 | 31/9 | |
| Seshimo et al. [11] | 2013 | Retrospective | 7 | EG | 46 | 64.8 | 36/10 | EGC/AGC | | | | | JI | 18 | 68.0 | 13/5 | |
| Yasuda et al. [12] | 2015 | Retrospective | 7 | EG | 25 | 71.6 | 18/7 | EGC | | | | | JI | 21 | 61.0 | 13/8 | |
| Masuzawa et al. [13] | 2014 | Retrospective | 9 | EG | 49 | 64.0 | 36/13 | EGC | | | | | JI | 32 | 65.0 | 25/7 | |
| Isobe et al. [14] | 2014 | Retrospective | 8 | EG | 66 | 71.6 | 52/14 | EGC/AGC | | | | | JI | 23 | 59.4 | 18/5 | |
| Nakamura et al. [17] | 2014 | Retrospective | 8 | EG | 64 | 73 | 49/15 | EGC | | | | | JI | 25 | 70 | 21/4 | |
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