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Table 1 Main characteristics of the included studies

From: Randomized controlled trials for comparison of laparoscopic versus conventional open catheter placement in peritoneal dialysis patients: a meta-analysis

Study

Country

Design

Sample Size (n)

Age (year)

Follow-up (month)

Outcomes

Laparoscopic

Conventional

Laparoscopic

Conventional

Early

Late

Ā 

Gadallah 1999 [16]

USA

RCT

76

72

45.0ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.8

47.2ā€‰Ā±ā€‰2.4

0.5

0.5ā€“8

complications

Wright [14] 1999

UK

RCT

24

21

46.4ā€‰Ā±ā€‰14.8

49.3ā€‰Ā±ā€‰20.2

1.5

1.5ā€“26

complications

Tsimoyiannis 2000 [10]

Greece

RCT

25

25

53.7ā€‰Ā±ā€‰12.2

61.4ā€‰Ā±ā€‰6.1

36

complications

Jwo 2010 [12]

Taiwan

RCT

37

40

56.6ā€‰Ā±ā€‰13.4

54.4ā€‰Ā±ā€‰16.5

1

1ā€“8

complications

Laanen 2018 [17]

Netherlands

RCT

46

44

62.6ā€‰Ā±ā€‰14.1

64.5ā€‰Ā±ā€‰14.1

8

complications

Qiao 2012 [18]

China

RCT

58

58

47.64ā€‰Ā±ā€‰13.73

24

complications

Qu 2017 [19]

China

RCT

35

35

39.4ā€‰Ā±ā€‰11.3

39.8ā€‰Ā±ā€‰11.2

12

complications

Xu 2010 [20]

China

RCT

25

25

53.6ā€‰Ā±ā€‰14.6

59.2ā€‰Ā±ā€‰16.8

18

complications