Gastroenterology Research and Practice

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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
Seike et al. [15]					JI	14	54.8	8/6

Ichikawa et al. [16]	2001	Retrospective	5	EG	13	N/A	N/A	EGC
Ichikawa et al. [16]					JI	13	N/A	N/A

Tokunaga et al. [10]	2009	Retrospective	6	EG	36	63.6	30/6	EGC/AGC
Tokunaga et al. [10]					JI	40	60.9	31/9

Seshimo et al. [11]	2013	Retrospective	7	EG	46	64.8	36/10	EGC/AGC
Seshimo et al. [11]					JI	18	68.0	13/5

Yasuda et al. [12]	2015	Retrospective	7	EG	25	71.6	18/7	EGC
Yasuda et al. [12]					JI	21	61.0	13/8

Masuzawa et al. [13]	2014	Retrospective	9	EG	49	64.0	36/13	EGC
Masuzawa et al. [13]					JI	32	65.0	25/7

Isobe et al. [14]	2014	Retrospective	8	EG	66	71.6	52/14	EGC/AGC
Isobe et al. [14]					JI	23	59.4	18/5

Nakamura et al. [17]	2014	Retrospective	8	EG	64	73	49/15	EGC
Nakamura et al. [17]					JI	25	70	21/4