Table 3 Summary of findings according to GRADE profiler
Outcome | No. of studies | Study design | Quality assessment | Quality | Importance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Risk of bias | Inconsistency | Indirectness | Imprecision | Other considerations | |||||
R0 resection | 6 | Observational studies | Not serious | Not serious | Not serious | Not serious | Not serious | Low | Critical |
POPF | 5 | Observational studies | Not serious | Not serious | Not serious | Not serious | Not serious | Low | Critical |
Lymph node harvested | 4 | Observational studies | Not serious | Not serious | Not serious | Not serious | Not serious | Low | Critical |
Postoperative Hemorrhage | 4 | Observational studies | Not serious | Not serious | Not serious | Not serious | Not serious | Low | Critical |
Estimated Blood loss | 4 | Observational studies | Not serious | Not serious | Not serious | Not serious | Not serious | Low | Critical |
Length hospital days | 5 | Observational studies | Not serious | Not serious | Not serious | Not serious | Not serious | Low | Critical |