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Table 1 Characteristic of the included studies

From: Safety of outpatient anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Author

Year

Year of onset

Follow-up time

Inpatient

Outpatient

Matched factors

Events

Total

Events

Total

Adamson [16]

2014

2006–2013

90 days

270

274

621

629

ACDF level and other disease

Liu [18]

2009

August 2005–May 2007

62.4 days (mean)

60

64

45

45

ACDF level and operation condition

McGirt [27]

2015

2005–2011

30 days

630

650

781

792

Age, other disease, operation condition and ASA grades

Silvers [21]

1996

–

1.3 (outpatient) and 1.6 (inpatient) years

52

53

49

50

None

Stieber [22]

2005

1998–2002

21 days

49

56

27

30

Age

Trahan [24]

2011

November 2005–April 2009

6 h

58

58

58

59

Age

Walid [25]

2010

–

–

562

578

96

97

Age and other disease