Table 1.
Reason for exclusion | PubMed | Springer | Google Scholar | Cochrane | Total |
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Literature and/or systematic review | 8 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 33 |
Article in language other than English | — | — | 15 | — | 15 |
Letter from the editor, opinion articles | — | — | 8 | — | 8 |
Fluence not mentioned | 3 | 2 | 30 | 8 | 43 |
Use of very high fluence: density greater than | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 |
Article did not mention power or fluence rate | 5 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 29 |
Other (book chapter, appendix, bibliograghy, index | — | — | 4 | 2 | 6 |
Total exclusion | 20 | 14 | 92 | 30 | 156 |