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. 2009 Oct 15;35(1):3–8. doi: 10.1007/s00264-009-0886-y

Table 2.

Quality assessment of included studies [710]

Study Randomization Allocated concealment Blinding Length of follow-up Withdrawal or lost to follow-up (%)
Barthel et al. [7] Adequate Unclear Unclear 12 months 7
Van der Heide et al. [8] Adequate Adequate Adequate 12 months 6
Grohs et al. [9] Adequate Adequate Adequate 15 months 4
Saudan et al. [10] Adequate Adequate Unclear 3 months 4