TABLE 2:
Quality Assessment of Included Studies: Summarized Risk of Bias and Applicability
| First Author [Reference No.] (Year) | Risk of Bias |
Reference Standard | Flow and Timing | Applicability Concerns |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient Selection | Index Test | Patient Selection | Index Test | Reference Standard | |||
| Sun [25] (2009) | Low | Low | Unclear | Unclear | Low | Low | Low |
| Cornelis [24] (2014) | Low | Low | Unclear | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| Pedrosa [23] (2008) | Low | Low | Unclear | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| Sevcenco [27] (2014) | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Unclear | Low |
| Chandarana [20] (2012) | Unclear | Low | Unclear | Low | Unclear | Low | Low |
| Cupido [19] (2017) | Unclear | Low | High | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | Low |
| Oliva [22] (2009) | Low | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | Low | Low | Low |
| Childs [26] (2014) | Low | Low | Unclear | Unclear | Low | Low | Low |
| Ponhold [18] (2016) | Unclear | Low | Low | Unclear | Low | Unclear | Low |
| Murray [21] (2016) | Low | Low | Unclear | Unclear | Low | Low | Low |
| Yoshimitsu [17] (2006) | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | Low | Low | Low |
| Fu [4] (2016) | Unclear | High | High | Unclear | Low | Low | Low |
| Sasiwimonphan [16] (2012) | Unclear | Low | High | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | Low |