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Flow diagram showing the identification of relevant studies in the meta-analysis. The initial 1438 articles were identified, and after 1273 unrelated papers and 134 reviews and case reports were excluded, 31 full texts were assessed for eligibility. Finally, after excluding 23 studies, a total of eight articles were included in this meta-analysis.
