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. 2020 May 5;11(2):29. doi: 10.3390/jfb11020029

Table 1.

The articles included in the systematic review, listed by topic, level of evidence (LoE), and Coleman Methodology Score (CMS).

Augmentation Technique Author Study Type LoE CMS
Synthetic bone substitutes and cement augmentation
Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) cement Katthagen et al. [30] Prospective non-randomized non-controlled II 37
Siebenburger et al. [33] Randomized controlled trial I 68
Hengg et al. [34] Retrospective comparative III 52
Calcium phosphate
Robinson et al. (2003) [35] Retrospective IV 46
Egol et al. (2012) [36] Retrospective comparative III 50
Calcium sulfate
Lee et al. (2009) [37] Retrospective comparative III 45
Liu et al. (2011) [38] Retrospective comparative III 48
Somasundaram et al. (2013) [39] Retrospective IV 33
Mechanical devices
Triangular block bridge Russo et al. (2013, 2017) [40,41] Retrospective comparative III 39
Intramedullary cage Hudgens et al. (2019) [42] Retrospective IV 30