Author
Year
Patients
BMI
Mean OR time (min)
LOS (d)
Incision length (cm)
R/L
Bucher
2008
1
N/A
158
N/A
3
1/0
Remzi
2008
1
35
115
4
3.5
1/0
Rieger
2009
7
24.3
89
5.4
3.1
6/1
Geisler
2009
1
24
172
4
2
TPC
Merchant
2009
1
N/A
N/A
3
2.5
1/0
Remzi
2009
1
25.8
198
3
3
0/1
Bucher
2009
1
26
213a
N/A
2
0/1
Law
2009
1
N/A
180
3
3
0/1
Chambers
2009
6
N/A
82
1.9
2.5
2/1b
Leroy
2009
1
21
90
4
2
0/1
Champagne
2010
165
135
4.6
Bucher
2010
1
22
125
2
2
0/1
Adair
2010
17
26.2
139
5
3
17/0
Gandhi
2010
24
28.5
143
2.7
3.8
19/5
Papaconstantinou
2011
29
30
128.8
3.4
4.9
29/0
Chen
2011
18
23.3
175
5
4
18/0
Lee
2011
46
25
135
4.6
5.1
24/22
Fichera
2011
10
21.9
139
5.1
–
TPC
McNally
2011
27
27
114
3
–
14/8c
Wu
2011
27
–
180
7
4.1
8/18d
Ross
2011
39
25.6
120
4.4
4.2
30/9
Ramos-Valadez
2012
20
27.7
159.2
3.2
3.3
0/20
Champagne
2012
29
28
134.4
3.8
3.7
19/10
Walters
2012
100
26
105
4
100/0