Transthoracic vs transhiatal surgery for cancer of the esophagogastric junction: A meta-analysis

Figure 1 Flow diagram of the meta-analysis study selection process.

Figure 2 Forest plot of surgery-related data, including the duration of surgical time (A), blood loss (B), hospital stay time (C) and hospital deaths (D), in the transthoracic group vs transhiatal group of cancers of the esophagogastric junction. IV: Inverse variance; M-H: Mantel-Haenszel.

Figure 3 Forest plot of dissected lymph nodes in randomized controlled trials (A) and non-randomized controlled trials (B) for the transthoracic group vs transhiatal group of cancers of the esophagogastric junction. IV: Inverse variance; M-H: Mantel-Haenszel; CI: Confidence interval.

Figure 4 Forest plot of complications, including anastomotic leak (A), pulmonary complications (B) and cardiovascular complications (C), in the transthoracic group vs transhiatal group of cancers of the esophagogastric junction. M-H: Mantel-Haenszel; CI: Confidence interval.

Figure 5 Forest plot of overall survival in the transthoracic group vs transhiatal group of cancers of the esophagogastric junction. A: All Siewert types; B: Siewert I; C: Siewert II; D: Siewert III. IV: Inverse variance.