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Table 1 Characteristics of included studies

From: What is the impact of the use of transanastomotic feeding tube on patients with esophageal atresia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study

Study type

Sample size

Age at surgery (day)

Gestational age (week)

Birth weight (kg)

weight (kg)

NOS

Alabbad SI 2009

OCS (retrospective)

TAFT+:9

NA

39.00 ± 2.1

3.13 ± 0.55

NA

7

TAFT-:11

NA

37.64 ± 2.5

2.82 ± 0.69

NA

 

Fusco JC 2017

OCS (retrospective)

TAFT+:81

2.4

NA

NA

2.69

7

TAFT-:29

2.3

NA

NA

2.71

 

Narayanan SK 2017

OCS (retrospective)

TAFT+:14

NA

35.64 ± 2.60

2.30 ± 0.23

NA

7

TAFT-:19

NA

36.52 ± 2.20

2.50 ± 0.32

NA

 

Lal DR 2018

OCS (retrospective)

TAFT+:231

NA

NA

NA

NA

6

TAFT-:61

NA

NA

NA

NA

 
  1. TAFT ransanastomotic feeding tube, OCS observational clinical study, NOS Newcastle-Ottawa scale, NA not available