Table 1.
Characteristics of included studies.
Fig 1.
PRISMA flow diagram of studies identified, included, and excluded.
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.
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.
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.
Table 2.
Results of meta-analysis comparing UBS and CS.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Table 3.
Sensitivity analysis comparing UBS and CS.