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. 2020 Apr;8(7):464. doi: 10.21037/atm.2020.03.112

Table 2. Quality assessment of included studies according to NOS.

Study Selection Comparability Outcome/exposure Total score
George et al. [2018] **** * * 6
Smith et al. [2018] **** * ** 7
Shohat et al. [2018] **** * ** 7
Jung et al. [2017] **** * ** 7
Lübbeke et al. [2016] **** * ** 7
Bohl et al. [2016] **** * * 6
Tornero et al. [2015] **** * ** 7
Wu et al. [2014] **** ** * 7
Wallace et al. [2014] **** * ** 7
Namba et al. [2012] **** * *** 8
Grant et al. [2008] **** * ** 7

Each asterisk (*) indicates 1 score. NOS, Newcastle-Ottawa Scale.