Supplementary Table 1.
GRADE quality
| Author | Study Design | Risk of Bias | Inconsistency | Indirectness | Imprecision | Publication Bias | Large Effect | Plausible Confounding | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hu et al | Retrospecitve Case Series |
Low | Not serious | Not serious | Not serious | Serious | N/A | No | ⊕⊕⊕ ⊕ High |
| Encinas-Ullán et al | Prospective Case Control |
Low | Not serious | Not serious | Serious | Not serious | N/A | No | ⊕⊕⊕ Moderate |
| Choi et al | Retrospective Case Series |
Moderate | Not serious | Not serious | Not serious | Undetected | N/A | No | ⊕⊕⊕ Moderate |
| Boraiah et al | Retrospective Case Series |
Moderate | Not serious | Not serious | Not serious | Undetected | N/A | No | ⊕⊕⊕ Moderate |
| Sirkin et al | Retrospective Case Series |
Moderate | Not serious | Serious | Not serious | Not serious | N/A | No | ⊕⊕⊕ Moderate |
| Bone et al | Prospective Case Series |
Moderate | Serious | Not serious | Serious | Undetected | N/A | No | ⊕⊕ Low |
| Molina et al | Retrospective Case Series |
Moderate | Not serious | Serious | Not serious | Serious | N/A | No | ⊕⊕⊕ Moderate |
| White et al | Cohort | Moderate | Not serious | Not serious | Serious | Undetected | N/A | No | ⊕⊕⊕ Moderate |
| Gardner et al | Retrospective Case Series |
Moderate | Not Serious | Not Serious | Not Serious | Undetected | N/A | No | ⊕⊕⊕ Moderate |
| Gehr et al | Prospective Case Series |
Moderate | Serious | Not Serious | Not Serious | Serious | N/A | No | ⊕⊕ Low |
| Danoff et al | Retrospective Case Series |
Low | Not Serious | Serious | Not Serious | Serious | N/A | No | ⊕⊕⊕ Moderate |
| Silluzio et al | Retrospective Case Series |
Moderate | Not Serious | Not Serious | Serious | Undetected | N/A | No | ⊕⊕⊕ Moderate |
| Zeng et al | Retrospective Case Series |
Moderate | Not Serious | Not Serious | Serious | Not Serious | N/A | No | ⊕⊕⊕ Moderate |
| Conroy et al | Retrospective Case Series |
Moderate | Not Serious | Serious | Serious | Serious | N/A | No | ⊕⊕⊕ Moderate |
| Harris et al | Retrospective Case Series |
Moderate | Not Serious | Serious | Not Serious | Serious | N/A | No | ⊕⊕⊕ Moderate |
| Kapukaya et al | Retrospective Case Series |
Low | Not Serious | Not Serious | Serious | Undetected | N/A | No | ⊕⊕⊕ ⊕ High |
| Yildiz et al | Retrospective Case Series | Moderate | Not Serious | Not Serious | Not Serious | Undetected | N/A | No | ⊕⊕⊕ Moderate |
| Wyrsch et al | Randomised Controlled Trials |
High | Not Serious | Not Serious | Not Serious | Undetected | N/A | No | ⊕⊕⊕ Moderate |
“Very low”; the true effect is probably markedly different from the estimated effect, “Low”; the true effect might be markedly different from the estimated effect, “Moderate”; the authors believe that the true effect is probably close to the estimated effect, “High”; the authors have a lot of confidence that the true effect is similar to the estimated effect