Figure 1.
Flow chart for study selection.
Abbreviation: EVAR, endovascular aneurysm repair; AAA, abdominal aortic aneurysm.
Table 1.
Characteristics of studies included in the meta-analysis.
Figure 2.
Forest plot showing results for the meta-analysis of peri-operative mortality: rAAA patients with EVAR vs. rAAA patients with OSR.
Abbreviation: EVAR, endovascular aneurysm repair; OSR, open surgical repair; CI, confidence interval.
Figure 3.
Forest plot showing results for the meta-analysis of length of hospital stay in rAAA patients with EVAR vs.
rAAA patients with OSR. Abbreviation: EVAR, endovascular aneurysm repair; OSR, open surgical repair; CI, confidence interval.
Figure 4.
Results of sensitivity analysis to examine the influence of individual studies on pooled estimates of peri-operative mortality as determined by the “leave-one-out” approach.
Abbreviation: EVAR, endovascular aneurysm repair; OSR, open surgical repair; CI, confidence interval.
Figure 5.
Funnel plot for evaluating publication bias while reporting peri-operative mortality.
White circles represent published article and white rhombuses represent the actual combined effect sizes, respectively.