Table 2.

General Study Characteristics, organized by alphabetical order

Study	JADAD score	Type	Study Design*	Participants (n)	Surgical Procedures
Chen et al. 2000	4	Prospective	RCT	35	Variable cosmetic facial procedures**
Mitchell et al. 2001	5	Prospective	RCT	141	Lumpectomy, mastectomy with/or without ALND/SLNB***
Mixter et al. 2001	5	Prospective	RCT	59	Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair
Sniezek et al. 2003	4	Prospective	RCT	208	Complex linear repair, skin grafting, local/regional flap

^*RCT – Randomized, controlled trial

^**Rhinoplasty, submentoplasty, trichophytic forehead lift, otoplasty, facelift (the author's do not elaborate on type of rhytidectomy), upper and lower blepharoplasty

^***ALND, axillary lymph node dissection; SLNB, sentinel lymph node biopsy