Table 2.
Summary of risk of bias evaluation by means of an Anatomical Quality Assessment (AQUA) tool
| References | Risk of Bias | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Objectives and study characteristics | Study design | Methodology | Descriptive anatomy | Reporting of results | |
| Burdan et al. [2] | Low | Low | Low | Low | High |
| Gleeson et al. [4] | Low | Low | Low | High | Low |
| Gopalakrishnan et al. [5] | High | Low | High | High | Low |
| Jeong et al. [9] | Low | Low | Low | High | Low |
| Joo et al. [10] | Low | Low | High | High | Low |
| Komisaruk and Lee [11] | High | High | High | Low | Low |
| Kuhn et al. [12] | Low | Low | High | Low | Low |
| Langdown et al. [13] | Low | Low | High | Low | Low |
| Larsen et al. [14] | High | High | High | Low | Low |
| Lim et al. [15] | Low | Low | High | Low | Low |
| Oaklander et al. [17] | High | High | High | High | High |
| Park et al. [18] | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| Paulsen et al. [19] | High | Low | High | High | High |
| Petrasic et al. [20] | Low | Low | High | High | Low |
| Pink et al. [21] | High | High | High | High | High |
| Ramadorai et al. [23] | Low | Low | High | High | Low |
| Ramirez et al. [24] | Low | High | High | High | Low |
| Senoglu et al. [25] | Low | Low | High | Low | Low |
| Shi et al. [26] | High | Low | High | High | Low |
| Tani et al. [27] | Low | Low | High | High | Low |
| Zacharakis et al. [28] | Low | Low | High | High | Low |
| Zeitoun et al. [29] | Low | Low | High | High | Low |