Table 2.

The points of each study according to the MINORS-score. The maximum score is 16

Criteria	1 A clearly stated aim	2 Inclusion of consecutive patients	3 Prospective collection of data	4 Endpoints appropriate to the aim of the study	5 Unbiased assessment of the study endpoint	6 Follow up period appropriate to the aim of the study	7 Loss to follow up less than 5%	8 Prospective calculation of study size	Finalized MINORS score
Jain et al. 2020 [22]	1	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	9/16
Elgohary et al. 2016 [13]	1	1	1	1	0	2	2	0	8/16
Koh et al. 2019 [26]	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	6/16
Massoud 2017 [44]	1	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	7/16
Kaul et al. 2020 [23]	2	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	8/16
Guclu et al. 2016 [18]	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	5/16
Sadek et al. 2015 [59]	2	0	2	2	1	2	2	0	11/16
Seker et al. 2016 [61]	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	7/16
Khiami et al. 2013 [25]	2	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	8/16
Pavan Kumar et al. 2013 [55]	2	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	9/16
Ozan et al. 2017 [52]	2	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	7/16
Lins et al. 2013 [33]	1	1	1	2	0	2	2	0	9/16
El Shazly et al. 2014 [11]	2	1	2	2	0	2	0	1	10/16
Bąkowski et al. 2020 [5]	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	8/16
Maffulli et al. 2014 [36]	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	0	12/16
Song et al. 2018 [63]	2	1	0	2	0	2	2	0	9/16
Dumbre et al. 2014 [10]	1	1	1	2	0	2	2	0	9/16
Maffulli et al. 2018 [38]	1	1	2	2	0	2	2	0	10/16
Bansal et al. 2021 [6]	2	1	2	2	0	1	2	0	10/16
Gedam et al. 2016 [15]	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	4/16
Li et al. 2021 [31]	1	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	7/16
Bai et al. 2019 [4]	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	6/16
Maffuli et al. 2013 [37]	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	0	12/16
Nilsson Helander et al. 2008 [47]	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	0	13/16
El Shewy et al. 2009 [12]	0	2	1	1	0	2	2	0	8/16
Sarzaeem et al. 2012 [60]	1	2	2	2	0	2	2	0	11/16
Takao et al. 2003 [65]	0	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	7/16
Muliera et al. 2003 [45]	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	6/16
Lin et al. 2019 [32]	1	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	9/16
Werken et al. 1983 [67]	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2/16
Gunaratne et al. 2021 [19]	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	6/16
Nilsson et al. 2022 [46]	2	1	0	2	0	2	2	0	9/16
Nordenholm, Nilsson et al. 2022 [49]	2	1	0	2	0	2	2	0	9/16
Nordenholm, Senorski et al. 2022 [50]	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	0	12/16
Raju et al. 2022 [57]	1	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	8/16
Tsukada et al. 2022 [69]	1	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	7/16