Rouvière’s sulcus variants from a clinical perspective: A systematic review

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World J Meta-Anal. Sep 18, 2026; 14(3): 123961
Published online Sep 18, 2026. doi: 10.13105/wjma.123961

Table 3 A comparison of Rouvière’s sulcus variants in north Indian and eastern Caribbean diaspora

Citation	Region	Present	Open-type	Closed-type	Slit-type	Scar-type
Arora et al[19], 2016	India	90/100 (90%)	59/100 (59%)	NR	24/100 (24%)	7/100 (7%)
Singh et al[20], 2017	Punjab	106/117 (90.6%)	60/106 (56.6%)	11/106 (10.4%)	23/106 (21.7%)	6/106 (5.7%)
Dubhashi et al[26], 2018	India	49/50 (98%)	42/50 (84%)	8/50 (16%)	ND	ND
Bhatia et al[30], 2019	Punjab	49/50 (98%)	NR	NR	NR	11/50 (22%)
Garg et al[31], 2019	Uttar Pradesh	71/90 (78.9%)	41/90 (45%)	6/90 (7.2%)	21/90 (23.33%)	3/90 (3.33%)
Jha et al[32], 2020	Delhi	63/99 (63.6%)	43/99 (43.4%)	16/99 (16.2%)	ND	4/99 (4%)
Mishra et al[35], 2020	Odisha	147/160 (91.9%)	99/160 (61.9%)	35/160 (21.9%)	19/160 (11.9%)	7/160 (4.4%)
Bajpayee et al[38], 2021	Maharashtra	40/45 (88.9%)	22/45 (48.9%)	4/45 (88.9%)	12/45 (26.7%)	2/45 (4.4%)
Deshatty et al., 2021[41]	India	36/50 (72%)	24/50 (48%)	5/50 (10%)	4/50 (8%)	3/50 (6%)
Sharma et al[53], 2023	Solan	40/50 (80%)	26/50 (52%)	14/50 (28%)	0	0
Ibrarullah et al[54], 2023	Odisha	306/500 (61.2%)	194/500 (38.8%)	57 (11.4%)	1/500 (0.2%)	42/500 (4.8%)
Kanhaiya et al[58], 2024	New Delhi	229/302 (75.8%)	123/302 (40.7%)¹	30/302 (9.9%)²	53/302 (17.6%)³	23/302 (7.6%)
North Indians	Indian Diaspora	1226/1613 (76.01%)	733/1552 (47.23%)	186/1452 (12.8%)	157/1353 (11.6%)	108/1502 (7.2%)
Present study	Caribbean	296/356 (83.2%)	140/356 (39.33%)	69/356 (19.38%)	65/356 (18.26%)	22/356 (6.18%)
2-tailed P value		0.003612	0.006942	0.001410	0.000890	0.501519
Standard error		0.0245	0.0293	0.0206	0.0200	0.0150
Z-score		-2.9102	2.6996	-3.1927	-3.3230	0.6721

¹Reclassified based on images and descriptions published by the authors. Original classification described these as open (66) + groove (47) types.

²Reclassified based on images and descriptions published by the authors. Original classification described these as pit (19) + fused (11) types.

³Reclassified based on images and descriptions published by the authors. Original classification described these as closed (33) + slit (20) regards shamir cawich.

ND: Not defined; NR: Not reported.

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Citation: Cawich SO, Kluger MD, Deshpande RR, Pearce NW, Alseidi A, Dapri G, Primrose JN, Gardner MT, Kedambady RS, Johnson S, Hewitt DB, Javed AA. Rouvière’s sulcus variants from a clinical perspective: A systematic review. World J Meta-Anal 2026; 14(3): 123961
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/2308-3840/full/v14/i3/123961.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.13105/wjma.123961

Cawich SO, Kluger MD, Deshpande RR, Pearce NW, Alseidi A, Dapri G, Primrose JN, Gardner MT, Kedambady RS, Johnson S, Hewitt DB, Javed AA. Rouvière’s sulcus variants from a clinical perspective: A systematic review. World J Meta-Anal 2026; 14(3): 123961 [DOI: 10.13105/wjma.123961]

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