Table 2 Summary of findings
Quality assessment | No. of patients | Effect | Quality | Importance | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. of studies | Study design | Risk of bias | Inconsistency | Indirectness | Imprecision | Other considerations | Open | Robot-assisted radical cystectomy | Relative (95% CI) | Absolute (95% CI) | ||
Number of patients with complications within 90 days | ||||||||||||
2 | Randomized trials | Seriousa | Not serious | Not serious | Seriousb | None | 48/80 (60.0%) | 52/78 (66.7%) | RR 0.90 (0.71 to 1.14) | 67 fewer per 1.000 (from 93 more to 193 fewer) | ⨁⨁◯◯ Low | |
Grade 3–5 complications 90 days (total complications grade 2–5) | ||||||||||||
2 | Randomized trials | Seriousa | Not serious | Not serious | Seriousb | None | 22/58 (37.9%) | 18/51 (35.3%) | RR 1.04 (0.64 to 1.71) | 14 more per 1.000 (from 127 fewer to 251 more) | ⨁⨁◯◯ Low | |
Number of grade 3–5 complications within 30 days | ||||||||||||
3 | Randomized trials | Seriousa | Not serious | Not serious | Seriousc | None | 13/28 (46.4%) | 11/23 (47.8%) | RR 1.07 (0.61 to 1.87) | 33 more per 1.000 (from 187 fewer to 416 more) | ⨁⨁◯◯ Low | |
Length of stay | ||||||||||||
3 | Randomized trials | Not serious | Not serious | Not serious | Seriousd | None | 100 | 98 | – | MD 0.2 lower (1.54 lower to 1.14 higher) | ⨁⨁⨁◯ Moderate | |
Number of patients with complications within 30 days | ||||||||||||
3 | Randomized trials | Seriousa | Not serious | Not serious | Seriousc | None | 23/61 (37.7%) | 29/60 (48.3%) | RR 0.78 (0.53 to 1.16) | 106 fewer per 1.000 (from 77 more to 227 fewer) | ⨁⨁◯◯ Low | |
Time back to work or habitual activity | ||||||||||||
0 | 0 | 0 | – | see comment | – | |||||||