Table 16. Joanna Briggs Institute Critical Appraisal Checklist for the included case reports.
Q1: Were the patient's demographic characteristics clearly described?
Q2. Was the patient's history clearly described and presented as a timeline?
Q3. Was the current clinical condition of the patient on presentation clearly described?
Q4. Were diagnostic tests or assessment methods and the results clearly described?
Q5. Was the intervention(s) or treatment procedure(s) clearly described?
Q6. Was the post-intervention clinical condition clearly described?
Q7. Were adverse events (harms) or unanticipated events identified and described?
Q8. Does the case report provide takeaway lessons?
Y, yes; N, no; U, unclear
Author | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q5 | Q6 | Q7 | Q8 | Overall Appraisal |
Nasir et al. [8] | Y | Y | U | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Included |
Olowu and Alzehairy [10] | Y | U | Y | Y | Y | Y | U | U | Included |
Yokoyama et al. [11] | Y | N | U | Y | Y | Y | U | Y | Included |
Solanki et al. [12] | Y | Y | U | U | Y | Y | U | Y | Included |
Paramythiotis et al. [13] | Y | U | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Included |
Ates et al. [14] | Y | Y | U | Y | Y | Y | N | U | Included |
Chue et al. [15] | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Included |
Bibi et al. [16] | Y | U | U | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Included |
Isono et al. [17] | Y | Y | U | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Included |
Papaziogas et al. [18] | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Included |
Mahmodlou and Valizadeh [19] | Y | U | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Included |
Bhamidipati and Smeds [20] | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Included |
Kim et al. [21] | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Included |
Bovio et al. [22] | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Included |
Ohzeki et al. [24] | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | U | N | Included |
Moonim et al. [26] | Y | Y | U | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Included |
Geleit et al. [27] | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Included |
Patnaik et al. [28] | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Included |
Kodama et al. [29] | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Included |
Passoni et al. [30] | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Included |
Angelico et al. [31] | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Included |
Ujam et al. [32] | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Included |
Momiyama et al. [33] | Y | U | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Included |
Marwah et al. [34] | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Included |
Karaman et al. [35] | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Included |
Stimac et al. [36] | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Included |
Kar et al. [37] | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Included |
Demir et al. [38] | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Included |
Erem et al. [39] | Y | U | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | U | Included |
Favorito et al. [40] | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Included |
Fan et al. [41] | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Included |
Suga et al. [42] | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | U | U | Y | Included |
Parshad and Kumar [43] | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Included |
Karayiannakis et al. [44] | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Included |
Ansari et al. [46] | Y | Y | U | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Included |