Study | Reason for exclusion |
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Agas 2006 | Study did not randomise participants. |
Altman 1993 | No single, identifiable dressing type evaluated |
Alvarez 2003 | The dressing groups evaluated in this study were not alginate dressings. |
Apelqvist 1990 | Relevant outcome data are not reported: study outcome was limited to change in size of necrotic material on the wound. Study authors were unable to provide the original healing outcome data. |
Apelqvist 1996 | No single, identifiable dressing type evaluated. |
Apelqvist 2004 | No single, identifiable dressing type evaluated. |
Armstrong 2004 | No single, identifiable dressing type evaluated. |
Belcaro 2010 | The dressing groups evaluated in this study were not alginate dressings. |
Blackman 1994 | The dressing groups evaluated in this study were not alginate dressings. |
Bogaert 2004 | Study did not randomise participants. |
Bradshaw 1989 | Trial stopped after recruiting six participants. No data presented. Authors not contacted for healing data. |
Caravaggi 2003 | Other intervention, not dressings, differed between trial arms. |
Chang 2000 | Study did not include diabetic foot ulcers. |
Chauhan 2003 | Other intervention, not dressings, differ between trial arms |
Chirwa 2010 | Study did not randomise participants. |
Clever 1996 | The dressing groups evaluated in this study were not alginate dressings. |
Cuevas 2007 | No single, identifiable dressing type evaluated. |
D'Hemecourt 1998 | The dressing groups evaluated in this study were not alginate dressings. |
Dash 2009 | Other intervention, not dressings, differ between trial arms |
Diehm 2005 | Study did not randomise participants. |
Driver 2006 | Other intervention, not dressings, differs between trial arms. |
Edmonds 2009 | Other intervention, not dressings, differed between trial arms. |
Eginton 2003 | No single, identifiable dressing type evaluated. |
Etoz 2003 | Study did not randomise participants. |
Farac 1999 | Author contacted: study not suitable for inclusion due to data quality issues. |
Foo 2004 | The dressing groups evaluated in this study were not alginate dressings. |
Foster 1999 | Other intervention, not dressings, differed between trial arms. |
Gao 2007 | Other intervention, not dressings, differed between trial arms. |
Gentzkow 1996 | Other intervention, not dressings, differed between trial arms. |
Gottrup 2011 | The dressing groups evaluated in this study were not alginate dressings. |
Hanft 2002 | Other intervention, not dressings, differed between trial arms. |
Jeffcoate 2009 | The dressing groups evaluated in this study were not alginate dressings. |
Jeffery 2008 | Study did not randomise participants. |
Jensen 1998 | The dressing groups evaluated in this study were not alginate dressings. |
Kordestani 2008 | The dressing groups evaluated in this study were not alginate dressings. |
Landsman 2010 | Other intervention, not dressings, differed between trial arms. |
Lazaro‐Martinez 2007 | No single, identifiable dressing type evaluated. |
Lipkin 2003 | Other intervention, not dressings, differed between trial arms. |
Markevich 2000 | The dressing groups evaluated in this study were not alginate dressings. |
Marston 2001 | Other intervention, not dressings, differed between trial arms. |
Mazzone 1993 | The dressing groups evaluated in this study were not alginate dressings. |
McCallon 2000 | Study did not randomise participants. |
Mody 2008 | Study did not include diabetic foot ulcers. |
Moretti 2009 | Other intervention, not dressings, differed between trial arms. |
Mueller 1989 | Other intervention, not dressings, differed between trial arms. |
Mulder 1994 | The dressing groups evaluated in this study were not alginate dressings. |
Munter 2006 | The dressing groups evaluated in this study were not alginate dressings. |
Novinscak 2010 | No single, identifiable dressing type evaluated. |
Ogce 2007 | The dressing groups evaluated in this study were not alginate dressings. |
Palao i Domenech 2008 | The dressing groups evaluated in this study were not alginate dressings. |
Parish 2009 | Other intervention, not dressings, differed between trial arms. |
Pham 1999 | Other intervention, not dressings, differed between trial arms. |
Piaggesi 1997 | Study did not randomise participants. |
Piaggesi 2001 | The dressing groups evaluated in this study were not alginate dressings. |
Reyzelman 2009 | No single, identifiable dressing type evaluated. |
Roberts 2001 | The dressing groups evaluated in this study were not alginate dressings. |
Robson 2005 | Other intervention, not dressings, differed between trial arms. |
Robson 2009 | Study did not include diabetic foot ulcers. |
Sabolinski 2000 | Other intervention, not dressings, differed between trial arms. |
Sabolinski 2001 | Other intervention, not dressings, differed between trial arms. |
Shaw 2010 | Other intervention, not dressings, differed between trial arms. |
Shukrimi 2008 | Other intervention, not dressings, differed between trial arms. |
Sibbald 2011 | The dressing groups evaluated in this study were not alginate dressings. |
Solway 2011 | Study did not randomise participants. |
Steed 1992 | Other intervention, not dressings, differed between trial arms. |
Steed 1995 | Other intervention, not dressings, differed between trial arms. |
Steed 1996 | Other intervention, not dressings, differed between trial arms. |
Subrahmanyam 1993 | The dressing groups evaluated in this study were not alginate dressings |
Teot 2008 | The dressing groups evaluated in this study were not alginate dressings. |
Trial 2010 | The dressing groups evaluated in this study were not alginate dressings. |
Turns 2012 | Study did not randomise participants |
Urbaneie 1999 | No single, identifiable dressing type evaluated. |
Vandeputte 1997 | The dressing groups evaluated in this study were not alginate dressings. |
Varma 2006 | No single, identifiable dressing type evaluated. |
Veves 2001 | Other intervention, not dressings, differed between trial arms. |
Veves 2002 | The dressing groups evaluated in this study were not alginate dressings. |
Whalley 2001 | The dressings groups evaluated in this study were not alginate dressings. |
Woo 2010 | The dressing groups evaluated in this study were not alginate dressings. |
Yao 2007 | Other intervention, not dressings, differed between trial arms. |
Zimny 2003 | Other intervention, not dressings, differed between trial arms. |
Abbreviations
DFU = diabetic foot ulcer (patients)