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. 2009 Oct 27;18(2):238–246. doi: 10.1007/s00167-009-0942-6

Table 1.

Criteria that were used

Exclusion criteria No.
Combination of diagnoses 14
Follow-up <6 months 14
Therapy inadequately described 8
<18 Years old 17
Single case report 33
Double publication 17
No well-defined outcome 37
<10 Patients 37
Combination of therapies 25
Total no. of excluded studies 202