Table. 1.

Included studies and related data

Author Year Country Journal Study design Comparison
Bassi et al. [15] 1999 Italy HPB RCT Hand-sewn closure vs. Stapler closure
Bilimoria et al. [22] 2003 USA Br J Surg Retrospective observational study Hand-sewn closure vs. Stapler closure, Reinforced stapler closure vs. Standard stapler closure
Balzano et al. [25] 2005 Italy J Gastrointest Surg Retrospective observational study Reinforced stapler closure vs. Standard stapler closure
Goh et al. [23] 2008 Singapore Arch Surg Retrospective observational study Hand-sewn closure vs. Stapler closure, Reinforced stapler closure vs. Standard stapler closure
Ferrone et al. [24] 2008 USA J Gastrointest Surg Retrospective observational study Hand-sewn closure vs. Stapler closure
Finan et al. [26] 2009 USA Am Surg Retrospective observational study Hand-sewn closure vs. Stapler closure
Reinforced stapler closure vs. Standard stapler closure
Nathan et al. [28] 2009 USA Ann Surg Retrospective observational study Reinforced stapler closure vs. Standard stapler closure
Harris et al. [27] 2010 USA J Gastrointest Surg Retrospective observational study Reinforced stapler closure vs. Standard stapler closure
Frozanpor et al. [37] 2010 Sweden JOP Retrospective observational study Hand-sewn closure vs. Stapler closure
Kah Heng et al. [39] 2010 Singapore ANZ J Surg Retrospective observational study Hand-sewn closure vs. Stapler closure
Yoshioka et al. [44] 2010 Japan World J Surg Retrospective observational study Hand-sewn closure vs. Stapler closure
Ochia et al. [33] 2010 Japan J Gastrointest Surg Retrospective observational study Reinforced stapler closure vs. Standard stapler closure
Diener et al. [16] 2011 Germany Lancet RCT Hand-sewn closure vs. Stapler closure
Eguchi et al. [36] 2011 Japan Dig Surg Retrospective observational study Hand-sewn closure vs. Stapler closure
Hamilton et al. [17] 2012 USA Ann Surg RCT Reinforced stapler closure vs. Standard stapler closure
Ban et al. [45] 2012 Japan World J Surg Retrospective observational study Hand-sewn closure vs. Stapler closure
Sepesi et al. [31] 2012 USA J Gastrointest Surg Retrospective observational study Hand-sewn closure vs. Stapler closure
Wellner et al. [29] 2012 Germany World J Gastrointest Surg Retrospective observational study Hand-sewn closure vs. Stapler closure
Kawai et al. [38] 2013 Japan Am J Sur Retrospective observational study Hand-sewn closure vs. Stapler closure
Ceppa et al. [30] 2015 USA J Gastrointest Surg Retrospective observational study Hand-sewn closure vs. Stapler closure
Jang et al. [18] 2017 South Korea JAMA Surg RCT Reinforced stapler closure vs. Standard stapler closure
Futagawa et al. [43] 2017 Japan Anticancer Res Retrospective observational study Hand-sewn closure vs. Stapler closure
Tieftrunk et al. [46] 2018 Germany PLoS One Retrospective observational study Hand-sewn closure vs. Stapler closure
Hayashibe and Ogino [32] 2018 Japan Asian J Surg Retrospective observational study Reinforced stapler closure vs. Standard stapler closure
Kondo et al. [19] 2019 Japan Ann Surg Oncol RCT Reinforced stapler closure vs. Standard stapler closure
Kawaida et al. [34] 2019 Japan Anticancer Res Retrospective observational study Reinforced stapler closure vs. Standard stapler closure
Chikhladze et al. [42] 2020 Germany Asian J Surg Retrospective observational study Hand-sewn closure vs. Stapler closure
Wennerblom et al. [20] 2021 Sweden Br J Surg RCT Reinforced stapler closure vs. Standard stapler closure
Merdrignac et al. [21] 2022 France Ann Surg RCT Reinforced stapler closure vs. Standard stapler closure
Tian et al. [35] 2022 China Front Oncol Retrospective observational study Reinforced stapler closure vs. Standard stapler closure
Palmeri et al. [41] 2023 Italy Int J Med Robot Retrospective observational study Hand-sewn closure vs. Stapler closure
Murata et al. [40] 2023 Japan Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech Retrospective observational study Hand-sewn closure vs. Stapler closure

RCT, randomized controlled trial.
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