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. 2024 Mar 9;16(3):e55852. doi: 10.7759/cureus.55852

Table 3. Table with prevalence for articles employing the unclassified, Natsis, and Rengachary methods.

ND, no data available; SS, suprascapular; SSN, suprascapular notch

Author Absent SSN (%) U-shaped (%) V-shaped (%) SS foramen (%) SS foramen and notch (%) Incomplete ossification (%) Small V-shaped (%) J-shaped (%) Double foramen (%)
Natsis et al. (2007) [1] 8.27 41.84 41.84 7.32 0.71 ND ND ND ND
Rengachary et al. (1979) [3] 7.96 48.23 30.97 3.98 ND 5.75 3.10 ND ND
Raj et al. (2019) [7] 2.00 76.00 20.40 1.60 ND ND ND ND ND
Soni et al. (2012) [8] 5.00 72.00 20.00 3.00 ND ND ND ND ND
Adewale et al. (2020) [11] 14.00 50.00 12.00 8.00 ND 4.00 12.00 ND ND
Agrawal et al. (2014) [12] 13.65 45.05 23.55 ND ND ND 17.75 ND ND
Agrawal et al. (2015) [13] 4.25 26.37 52.60 ND ND ND 3.84 ND ND
Albino et al. (2013) [15] 12.40 22.80 19.80 3.60 ND 10.20 31.00 ND ND
Benia et al. (2023) [16] 8.06 ND ND 6.45 ND 16.13 ND ND ND
Daripelli et al. (2020) [17] 27.50 30 22.5 10.00 ND 4.50 5.50 ND ND
Emad et al. (2017) [18] 10.00 43.00 39.00 5.00 3.00 ND ND 23.00 ND
Inoue et al. (2014) [19] 11.41 30.05 23.50 4.33 ND 15.88 14.83 ND ND
Inoue et al. (2021) [20] 20.47 34.42 18.30 3.62 ND 9.42 13.76 ND ND
Iqbal et al. (2009) [21] 18.00 13.20 20.00 ND ND ND ND 22.00 ND
Jamwal et al. (2018) [22] 21.97 64.83 1.10 6.60 ND 4.40 1.10 ND ND
Kannan et al. (2014) [23] 20.00 52.00 10.00 10.00 ND 4.00 4.00 ND ND
Khalkho et al. (2018) [24] 10.14 36.23 34.78 4.34 ND 7.24 7.24 ND ND
Kumar et al. (2014) [25] 35.08 54.03 8.46 10.48 ND ND ND ND ND
Mahdy and Shehab (2013) [26] 6.06 45.45 43.94 3.03 1.51 ND ND ND ND
Nayak and Gujar (2020) [27] 28.00 47.04 12.00 8.95 ND 1.90 2.10 ND ND
Sangam et al. (2013) [29] 21.15 59.61 8.65 1.92 ND 5.77 2.88 ND ND
Toneva and Nikolova (2014) [30] 15.68 25.5 44.11 2.94 ND 11.76 ND ND ND
Ukoha et al. (2022) [31] 3.10 70.46 22.28 ND ND 3.10 1.03 ND ND
Wang et al. (2011) [33] 9.50 57.96 28.13 4.06 ND ND ND ND 0.33
Yamakado (2016) [34] 8.29 39.47 24.86 3.55 ND 5.13 18.68 ND ND
Yang et al. (2012) [35] 4.85 ND ND 3.88 ND ND ND ND ND
Zhang et al. (2019) [36] ND 48.37 6.16 2.92 ND 1.94 ND ND 0.65