Effects of antecolic versus retrocolic duodenojejunostomy on delayed gastric emptying after pyloric preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy in patients with periampullary tumors

Impact of Gastric Resection and Enteric Anastomotic Configuration on Delayed Gastric Emptying after Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A Network Meta-analysis of Randomized Trials

“…1. The search identified 1215 studies, of which 24 RCTs met the inclusion criteria [2][3][4][5][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54] . A total of 2647 patients were randomized and 2526 included in the analysis.…”

“…Ages, gender mix and BMI were generally comparable between direct comparisons, although the single study comparing PR, retrocolic, Billroth II against PR, antecolic Billroth II had a male-predominant cohort (more than 70 per cent). Most studies were conducted in Asia (16 of 24; 67 per cent) 5,35,36,[38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46]48,50,51,53 , 10 of which were in Japan 5,35,36,39,42,44,46,48,50,51 . Study characteristics are summarized in Table S1.…”