LigaSure small jaw versus conventional neck dissection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Table 1 Basic characteristics of the included studies

Authors	Year	Country	Study Design	Mean Age (y)	Sex (M/F)	Type of ND	Number of CNDs		Sample Size^*
Authors	Year	Country	Study Design	Mean Age (y)	Sex (M/F)	Type of ND	LSJ	CT	LSJ	CT
Ozturk et al.	2016	Turkey	Prospective study	62.7	17/8	SND	0	0	15	10
Lin et al.	2017	Taiwan	RCT	52.4	34/7	SND	0	0	21	20
Tirelli et al.	2017	Italy	Retrospective study	66.3	48/20	SND/CND	20	18	32	36
Suzuki et al.	2018	Japan	Retrospective study	67.5	52/14	SND/CND	3	3	30	36
							23/21		98	102
							P = 0.75^a

LSJ LigaSure Small Jaw; CT Conventional technique; y Year; ND Neck dissection; RCT Randomized controlled trial; SND Selective neck dissection;
CND Comprehensive neck dissection; M Male; F Female
^a P-value from Chi-squared test of the pooled prevalence of CND between the LSJ and CT groups
^* Number of sides of neck dissection

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