Table 1.
Identified pool of potentially relevant reviews
| No | Publication | Documentation* | Multiple sources† | Included‡ | Reason for exclusion |
| 1 | Andros 2006 [53] | - | - | - | Consensus statement |
| 2 | Brem 2006 [54] | - | - | - | Guidelines |
| 3 | Costa/MUHC TAU 2005 [30]§ | + | + | + | - |
| 4 | Evans 2001 [55] | + | + | - | Systematic review published before 12/2004 |
| 5 | Fleck 2006 [56] | - | - | - | Consensus statement |
| 6 | Fisher 2003 [57] | - | - | - | Narrative review |
| 7 | Gray 2004 [58] | + | + | - | Systematic review published before 12/2004 |
| 8 | Hayes Inc. 2003 [59] | - | Not publicly accessible; published before 12/2004 | ||
| 9 | Higgins 2003 [60] | + | + | - | Systematic review published before 12/2004 |
| 10 | Mayer 2002 [61] | + | + | - | Not publicly accessible; published before 12/2004 |
| 11 | Mendonca 2006 [62] | - | + | - | Search date not reported |
| 12 | OHTAC 2004 [63] | + | + | - | Update available: OHTAC 2006 |
| 13 | OHTAC 2006 update [32] | + | + | + | - |
| 14 | Pham/ASERNIP-S 2003 [64] | + | + | - | Update available: Pham 2006 |
| 15 | Pham/ASERNIP-S 2006 update [31] | + | + | + | - |
| 16 | Samson/AHRQ 2004 [29] | + | + | + | - |
| 17 | Shirakawa 2005 [65] | - | - | - | Narrative review |
| 18 | Suess 2006 [66] | - | - | - | Narrative review |
| 19 | Turina 2006 [67] | - | - | - | Narrative review |
| 20 | Ubbink 2006 [68] | - | - | - | Narrative review |
| 21 | Whelan 2005 [69] | - | - | - | Article on mechanisms of wound healing |
*The literature search strategy was documented in detail (including search strategy and search date).
†Multiple sources used (at least MEDLINE and The Cochrane Library).
‡Criteria fulfilled: detailed documentation of the literature search; use of multiple sources; publication in or after December 2004.
§Costa 2007 [70] was not classified as an update, as no update of the literature search was performed.
AHRQ: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; ASERNIP-S: Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures – Surgical; IQWiG: Institut für Qualität und Wirtschaftlichkeit im Gesundheitswesen (Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care); MUHC TAU: McGill University Health Centre Technology Assessment Unit; NPWT: negative pressure wound therapy; OHTAC: Ontario Health Technology Advisory Committee.