Publications by authors named "Hiromu Takeda"
BMC Gastroenterol
March 2016
Article Synopsis
- Surgical trials often involve fluctuating evidence due to complex factors like equipment and surgeons' experience, prompting a meta-analysis to assess the stability of findings over time in appendectomy methods.
- This cumulative meta-analysis analyzed 64 randomized controlled trials comparing laparoscopic and open appendectomy for acute appendicitis, focusing on key outcomes like infection rates and hospital stay.
- Results showed that while open appendectomy was initially favored for preventing intra-abdominal abscesses, this advantage diminished after 2001, highlighting the importance of considering overall evidence changes rather than just confidence intervals in meta-analyses.
