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Table 2.

Number of patients, sex, mean age and mean follow-up per study.

Authors [ref]	No. patients	Sex	Mean age	Mean follow up (months)
De Boer et al.¹⁶	Total: 65 Repair-Group: 25 No Repair-Group: 40	Repair-Group: 6M,19 F No Repair-Group: 10M,30F	Total: 73,8 Repair-Group: 73 No Repair-Group: 74,4	Total: 36 Repair-Group: 30,5 No Repair-Group: 40
Clark et al.⁷	Total: 120 Repair-Group: 65 No Repair-Group: 55	Repair-Group: 19M,46F No Repair-Group: 12M,43F	Repair-Group: 68,6 No Repair-Group: 68,3	Repair-Group: 13,2 No Repair-Group: 9,9
Werner et al.¹⁷	Total: 109 Repair-Group: 71 No Repair-Group: 38	Repair-Group: 28M,43F No Repair-Group: 15M,23F	Repair-Group: 71,1 No Repair-Group:70,7	24 minimum
Vourazeris et al.⁶	Total: 202 Repair-Group: 86 No Repair-Group: 116	N/A	Repair-Group: 71,6 No Repair-Group: 71,1	24 minimum Repair-Group: 40 No Repair-Group: 37
Friedman et al.¹⁸	Total: 591 Repair-Group: 340 No Repair-Group: 251	Repair-Group: 119M,221F No Repair-Group: 105M,146F	Total: 72,5 (50-93) Repair-Group: 72,7 No Repair-Group: 71,7	Total: 36,6 (24 minimum) Repair-Group: 37,3 No Repair-Group: 35,7