Table 3.

Methodological quality assessment, part A

Authors, years	Part A: only one score to be given for each of the 7 sections
	Study size	Mean follow-up	Surgical approach	Type of study	Description of diagnosis	Descriptions of surgical technique	Description of postoperative rehabilitation
Dumbre Patil et al. 2014 [9]	4	4	10	0	5	10	5
El Shazly et al. 2014 [10]	4	4	10	10	5	10	0
Gedam et al. 2016 [13]	0	4	10	0	5	10	0
Hao et al. 2020 [14]	0	4	10	0	5	10	5
Hollawell et al. 2015 [15]	0	7	7	0	5	10	0
Jiang et al. 2019 [18]	0	4	10	10	5	10	0
Jiménez-Carrasco et al. 2023 [19]	0	10	10	0	5	10	0
Khiami et al. 2013 [20]	4	4	10	0	5	10	0
Lee et al. 2007 [23]	0	4	10	0	5	10	5
Maffulli et al. 2013 [27]	4	10	10	0	5	10	5
Maffulli et al. 2005 [28]	4	4	10	10	5	10	5
Maffulli et al. 2013 [30]	4	4	10	10	5	10	5
Nilsson et al. 2022 [37]	4	4	10	10	5	10	5
Ofili et al. 2016 [40]	0	4	10	0	5	5	0
Plaass et al. 2013 [43]	4	0	10	0	5	5	0
Qi et al. 2013[44]	0	4	10	10	5	10	5
Sarzaeem et al. 2012 [45]	0	4	10	10	5	10	0
Shoaib et al. 2017 [46]	0	4	10	10	5	5	0
Song et al. 2018 [47]	4	10	10	0	5	10	5
Tsukada et al. 2021 [48]	0	4	10	0	5	10	5
Usuelli et al. 2017 [49]	0	4	10	0	5	10	5
Vuldzhev et al. 2022 [51]	0	7	7	10	5	10	5