Fig 1.
PRISMA flow diagram for the study selection process.
Table 1.
Study characteristics in this meta-analysis.
Fig 2.
Meta-analysis of the incidence of arterial thrombosis and vascular compromise between the microvascular coupler and hand-sewn techniques.
Fig 3.
Publication bias as revealed using a Begg’s funnel plot.
Table 2.
ROBINS-I quality assessment of the characteristics of the included studies.
Fig 4.
Meta-analysis of microvascular coupler versus hand-sewn techniques for anastomotic time.
Fig 5.
Results of the sensitivity analysis.