01.12.2019 | Correspondence | Ausgabe 1/2019 Open Access
How does lesion size affect the pooled effect of traction-assisted endoscopic submucosal dissection on procedure time? A meta-regression
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- World Journal of Surgical Oncology > Ausgabe 1/2019
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Sheng-Wei Cheng and Chun-Chao Chang contribute equally to this work.
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Abstract
The purpose of this letter was to explore how lesion size affects the pooled effect of traction-assisted endoscopic submucosal dissection on procedure time. Our meta-regression showed that lesion size negatively associated with the effect of traction-assisted endoscopic submucosal dissection on procedure time (estimate point = − 1.02; 95% confidence interval, from − 1.58 to − 0.46). We also confirmed this result in different statistical models including fixed effect regression and two mixed effects regression models.
