Table 3 Summary of reviewed populations and outcomes
From: The quality of research synthesis in surgery: the case of laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer
Disease process | Outcomes reviewed | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Review | Purpose | Colon cancer | Rectal cancer | Other | Operative | Short-term postoperative | Oncologic surrogate | Long-term oncologic | Long-term other | QoL |
Bernard 1994 [16] | Safety, efficacy | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
Chapman 2000 [17] | Safety, efficacy | Y | X | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||
Vardulaki 2000 [18] | Effectiveness, cost effectiveness | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||
Chapman 2001 [19] | Safety, efficacy | Y | X | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||
Yong 2001 [20] | Effectiveness | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
Korolija 2003 [21] | Extent of oncologic resection | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||||
Abraham 2004 [22] | Safety, efficacy (short term) | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||
Reza 2004 [23] | Safety, efficacy | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
Poutignat 2005 [24] | Safety, efficacy | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
Manterola 2005 [25] | Identify best therapeutic option | Y | Y | Y | ||||||
Schwenk 2005 [26] | Short-term benefits | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||
Aziz 2006 [27] | Short/long-term results (rectal) | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||
Tjandra 2006 [28] | Update short-term results | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||
Reza 2006 [29] | Safety, efficacy | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||
Breukink 2006 [30] | Safety, efficacy (rectal) | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||
Gao 2006 [31] | Safety, efficacy, benefits (rectal) | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||||
Murray 2006 [10] | Effectiveness, cost effectiveness | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
Kahnamoui 2007 [32] | Non-inferiority survival/perioperative results | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||
Noel 2007 [33] | Safety, efficacy (short term) | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||
Bonjer 2007 [34] | Safety (oncologic) | Y | X | Y | Y | |||||
Jackson 2007 [35] | Compare oncologic results | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||||
Abraham 2007 [36] | Safety, efficacy (non-RCT, short term) | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||
Kuhry 2007 [37] | Not stated | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||
Kuhry 2008 [38] | Evaluate long-term outcomes | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||||
Lourenco 2008 [39] | Update, effectiveness | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
Anderson 2008 [40] | Compare oncologic outcomes (rectal) | Y | Y | Y | ||||||
Liang 2008 [41] | Evaluate recurrence outcomes | Y | Y | Y | ||||||