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. 2019 Nov 9;14:197. doi: 10.1186/s13014-019-1384-z

Table 3.

Quality assessment of included studies

Study Selection Comparability Outcome Total Quality level
Briganti 2012 3 2 3 8 High
Buscariollo 2017 3 2 3 8 High
Fossati 2016 3 1 3 7 Moderate
Hwang 2018 3 2 2 7 Moderate
Borghetti 2017 3 1 2 6 Moderate
Hervas 2017 3 0 3 6 Moderate
Mishra 2015 3 2 2 7 Moderate
Hsu 2015 3 2 3 8 High
Tilki 2016 3 2 3 8 High
Detti 2012 3 1 3 7 Moderate
Ost 2011 3 2 2 7 Moderate
Trabulsi 2008 3 2 2 7 Moderate
Tsien 2003 3 1 2 6 Moderate
Taylor 2003 3 1 2 6 Moderate
Kalapurakal 2002 3 1 1 5 Moderate