Meta-Analysis of Single-Port vs. Two-Port Laparoscopy for Pediatric Inguinal Hernia

A systematic review and meta-analysis comparing two laparoscopic surgical techniques for pediatric inguinal hernia. The dataset includes results from 13 studies involving 22,846 children, published by Bo Yang in 2026. It synthesizes evidence on perioperative outcomes like recurrence rates, operation time, and complications.

Use Cases

• Compare postoperative recurrence rates between single-port and two-port laparoscopic techniques based on the reported risk ratios.
• Analyze differences in operation time and hospital stay between surgical groups based on the meta-analysis results.
• Evaluate the safety profile of the techniques based on reported complication and conversion-to-open-surgery rates.
• Inform clinical decision-making for hernia repair based on subgroup analysis findings for large and small sample studies.

Strengths

• Includes data from 13 studies with a total of 22,846 pediatric patients.
• Reports specific statistical measures like risk ratios (RR) and mean differences (MD) with 95% confidence intervals for key outcomes.
• Conducted a systematic search across major medical databases (PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science).

Limitations

• The underlying dataset (15.9 KB DOCX) is very small, suggesting it contains summary results rather than patient-level data.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for certain analyses.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Bo Yang.

Collection Method

Systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled studies from medical databases.

Time Range

Studies from database inception to December 31, 2025.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-08 05:55:26; freshness should be verified.