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Table 1.

Characteristics of included studies.

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Fig 1.

PRISMA flow diagram of studies identified, included, and excluded.

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Fig 2.

Forest plot and meta-analysis of anastomosis time.

UBS = unidirectional barbed suture; CS = conventional non-barbed suture; SD = standard deviation; IV = inverse variance method; CI = confidence interval.

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Fig 3.

Forest plot and meta-analysis of operative time.

UBS = unidirectional barbed suture; CS = conventional non-barbed suture; SD = standard deviation; IV = inverse variance method; CI = confidence interval.

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Fig 4.

Forest plot and meta-analysis of posterior reconstruction time.

UBS = unidirectional barbed suture; CS = conventional non-barbed suture; SD = standard deviation; IV = inverse variance method; CI = confidence interval.

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Table 2.

Results of meta-analysis comparing UBS and CS.

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Fig 5.

Forest plot and meta-analysis of postoperative leakage rate.

UBS = unidirectional barbed suture; CS = conventional non-barbed suture; SD = standard deviation; M-H = Mantel-Haenszel method; CI = confidence interval.

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Fig 6.

Forest plot and meta-analysis of continence rate at (A) 4–6 weeks, (B) 3 months and (C) 6–12 months after surgery.

UBS = unidirectional barbed suture; CS = conventional non-barbed suture; SD = standard deviation; M-H = Mantel-Haenszel method; CI = confidence interval.

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Fig 7.

Forest plot and meta-analysis of estimated blood loss.

UBS = unidirectional barbed suture; CS = conventional non-barbed suture; SD = standard deviation; IV = inverse variance method; CI = confidence interval.

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Fig 8.

Forest plot and meta-analysis of length of catheterization.

UBS = unidirectional barbed suture; CS = conventional non-barbed suture; SD = standard deviation; IV = inverse variance method; CI = confidence interval.

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Table 3.

Sensitivity analysis comparing UBS and CS.

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