Table 3.

MINORS tool for risk of bias

Study	Clearly stated aim	Inclusion of consecutive patients	Prospective data collection	Endpoints appropriate to study aim	Unbiased assessment of study endpoint	Follow-up period appropriate to study aim	< 5% lost to follow-up	Prospective calculation of study size	Total
Satku et al. [9]	2	0	1	2	1	2	2	0	10/16
Verma and Mody [14]	1	0	1	2	1	2	1	0	8/16
Sharquie et al. [7]	2	1	2	2	1	1	2	0	11/16
Madke et al. [6]	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	0	11/16
Barbera et al. [10]	2	0	1	2	1	2	2	0	10/16
Pathania and Singh [13]	2	0	1	2	1	2	2	0	10/16
Mathur and Sharda [11]	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	0	11/16
Nazeer et al. [12]	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	0	12/16