Characteristics of excluded studies [ordered by study ID].
Study | Reason for exclusion |
---|---|
Barequet 2001 | Not relevant to bacterial keratitis |
Buhren 2001 | Non-comparative case report |
Callegan 1994 | Review article; no new randomized trial described |
Cosar 2004 | Not RCT and not relevant to bacterial keratitis |
Dighiero 2005 | Not RCT; amniotic membrane transplantation is not one of the interventions in the inclusion criteria |
Goldberg 2002 | Case report |
Gris 2004 | Case report |
Hanada 2001 | Not RCT; no clear mention of inclusion of bacterial keratitis |
Hoffman 2003 | Cohort study |
Morlet 1999 | Cross-sectional study |
Nakajima 2001 | Retrospective study |
Shulman 1996 | Inclusion criteria do not include bacterial keratitis |
Vajpayee 1998 | Retrospective study |
Wilhelmus 2002 | Review article; no new randomized trial described |
Zegans 2006 | Abstract only; no full length publication available |
RCT: randomized controlled trial