Meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials provides more realistic event rates on more homogeneous populations when comparing intracorporeal and extracorporeal anastomosis in laparoscopic right hemicolectomy

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of General Surgery, Hereford County Hospital, Wye Valley NHS Trust, Hereford, UK. shahin_hajibandeh@yahoo.com.
• ² Department of General Surgery, Glan Clwyd Hospital, Rhyl, Denbighshire, UK.
• ³ Department of General Surgery, Hereford County Hospital, Wye Valley NHS Trust, Hereford, UK.
• ⁴ Department of General Surgery, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK.
• ⁵ Department of General and Colorectal Surgery, Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley, UK.