Table 4 Two Arm Analysis Results of MH and EH.

From: Mesohepatectomy Versus Extended Hemihepatectomies for Centrally Located Liver Tumors: A Meta-Analysis

Variables

No. of Pooled Studies

Model

Heterogeneity

OR/HR/MD

Meta-analyses

I 2

p

95% CI

p

Blood loss

5

random

86%

<0.10

−137.78‡

−370.21–94.65

0.25

Morbidity rate

7

random

79%

<0.10

0.63†

0.34–1.15

0.13

Mortality rate

7

fixed

0%

0.88

0.50†

0.23–1.09

0.08

Operation time

6

random

91%

<0.10

4.11‡

−39.09–47.31

0.85

Median OS

4

random

99%

<0.10

1.01§

0.90–1.14

0.85

Liver failure rate

3

random

0%

0.62

0.29†

0.09–0.88

0.03

  1. MH = mesohepatectomy; EH = extended hemihepatectomy; OR = odds ratio; HR = hazard ratio; MD = mean difference; I 2 = the percentage of total variation across studies that is due to heterogeneity rather than chance; 95% CI = 95% confidence interval; OS = overall survival; †OR; §HR; ‡MD.
Back to article page