Table 1: Characteristics of included randomized controlled trials. SD: standard deviation; EG: experimental group; CG: control group; FS: fibrin sealant.
Author and year |
Country |
Intervention (n) |
Age (mean ± SD) |
Sex (M/F) |
Abscess/ haemathoma |
Biliaryleak |
Mortality |
Bektas [12] 2014 |
German |
CG: Manual compresion (35) EG: FS.(35) |
CG: 59,8 ± 12,8 EG: 54,7 ± 14,5 |
CG: 19/16 EG: 20/15 |
CG: 3 (8,6%) EG: 0 (0,0%) |
CG: 3 (8,6%) EG: 4 (11,4%) |
CG: 1 (2,9%) EG: 1 (2,9%) |
De Boer [13] 2012 |
Nederland |
CG: No FS (154) EG: Crosseal® (156) |
Median (RIQ) CG: 61 (51–69) EG: 62 (53–68) |
CG: 76/78 EG: 83/73 |
CG: 12 (8%) EG: 10 (6%)
|
CG: 21 (14%) EG: 22 (14%) |
CG: 2 (1%) EG: 11 (7%) |
Figueras[14] 2007 |
Spain |
CG: No FS (150) EG: Tissucol® + Absorbable collagen sponges (150) |
CG: 60 ± 11 EG: 62± 11 |
CG: 46/104 EG: 59/91 |
CG: 8 (5%) EG: 9 (6%) |
CG: 17 (11%) EG: 15 (10%) |
CG: 2 (1%) EG: 6 (4%) |
Fischer [15] 2011 |
Germany |
CG: Argon beam coagulation (59) EG: Tachosil® (60) |
CG: 62± 11,7 EG: 60± 12,6 |
CG: 30/21 EG: 40/27 |
CG: 1 (1,7%) EG: 1 (1,7%) |
Not available |
CG: 4 (6,8%) EG: 2 (3,3%) |
Frilling [16] 2005 |
Sweden |
CG: Argon beam coagulation (62) EG: Tachosil® (59) |
Not available |
Not available |
CG: 3 (5%) EG: 4 (7%) |
CG: 2 (3%) EG: 4 (7%) |
CG: 2 (3,2%) EG: 6 (10,2%) |
Noun [17] 1996 |
France |
CG: No FS (44) EG: Biocol® (38) |
CG: 49± 15 EG: 52± 15 |
CG: 20/24 EG: 24/14 |
CG: 9 (20,5%) EG: 6 (15,8%) |
Not available |
Not available |