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Laparoscopic versus open distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials and high-quality nonrandomized studies.

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LDG can be performed safely with a shorter hospital stay and fewer complications than open surgery, and lymph node staging appears to be unaffected.
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Objective:To perform a meta-analysis of high-quality published trials, randomized and observational, comparing laparoscopic distal gastrectomy (LDG) and open distal gastrectomy (ODG) for gastric cancer.Background:Controversy persists about the clinical utility of minimally invasive techniques for th

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Mesh Location in Open Ventral Hernia Repair: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis

TL;DR: This network meta-analysis suggests the probability of sublay being the best location for mesh placement is high, and that sublay mesh location has lower complication rates than other mesh locations.
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Meta-Analysis in Clinical Trials*

TL;DR: This paper examines eight published reviews each reporting results from several related trials in order to evaluate the efficacy of a certain treatment for a specified medical condition and suggests a simple noniterative procedure for characterizing the distribution of treatment effects in a series of studies.
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Methodological index for non-randomized studies (minors): development and validation of a new instrument.

TL;DR: The aim of the present study was to develop and validate an instrument that can be used to determine the methodological quality of observational or non‐randomized studies in surgical research.
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The PRISMA Statement for Reporting Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Studies That Evaluate Health Care Interventions: Explanation and ElaborationPRISMA: Explanation and Elaboration

TL;DR: The updating of the QUOROM Statement is described, to ensure clear presentation of what was planned, done, and found in a systematic review, and the name of the reporting guidance was changed to PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses).
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