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The secondary objectives were to analyze the surgical time, overall complications, bleeding, infection, intranasal synechia, and granulation tissue. Pooled analysis of all studies revealed that ELDCR had a significantly lesser success rate compared to ExDCR (80.3% vs. 91.6%; odds ratio [OR] 0.41; 95% confidence interval [CI] [0.27, 0.62]; P &lt; 00001; I\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    = 13%). However, there were no difference in the overall complication rate (12.0% vs. 13.0%; OR 1.04; 95% CI [0.17, 6.33]; P = 0.97, I\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    = 80%) and intranasal synechiae (9.5% vs. 4.3%; OR 2.22 [1.04, 4.72]; P = 0.04; I\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    = 10%). The ExDCR group had significantly increased risks of bleeding (1.9% vs. 13.0%; OR 0.20; 95% CI [0.09, 0.47]; P = 0.0002; I\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    = 0%) and infection (0.3% vs. 4.6%; OR 0.09; 95%CI [0.02, 0.51]; P = 0.006; I\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    = 0%). Nevertheless, ELDCR needed a shorter surgical time compared to ExDCR (mean difference [MD] \u221228.35, 95% CI [\u221235.45, \u221221.26], P &lt; 0.00001, I\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    = 78%). 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