Appendix Table 3.

Excluded Studies and Reason for Exclusion

Author, Year	Reason for Exclusion
Rong 202212	No assessment of mortality outcome
Cervera 202213	Non-randomized study design
Hamaguchi 202214	Non-randomized study design
Gao 202215	Non-randomized study design
Kerpel-Fronius 202216	Non-randomized study design
Maldonado 202117	No assessment of mortality outcome
Qian 202218	No assessment of mortality outcome
Tammemagi 202119	Non-randomized study design
Parang 202120	Non-randomized study design
Jungblut 202221	Non-randomized study design
Hochhegger 202222	Non-randomized study design
Revel 202223	Non-randomized study design