Table 5.

Treated uterine septum versus controls (untreated septum)—comparative studies.

Study and Year	A clearly stated Aim	Inclusion of Consecutive Patients	Prospective Collection of Data	Endpoints Appropriate to the Aim of the Study	Unbiased Assessment of the Study Endpoint	Follow-Up Period Appropriate to the Aim of the Study	Loss to Follow Up less than 5%	Prospective Calculation of the Study Size	An Adequate Control Group	Contemporary Groups	Baseline Equivalence of Groups	Adequate Statistical Analyses	Final Score
Heinonen et al., 1997 [34]	**	*	**	**	*	**		**	*	**	*	**	18
Valli et al., 2004 [35]	**	**		**	*	**	**	*	**	**	**	**	20
Ban-Frangez et al., 2009 [29]	**	**	**	**	*			**	**	**	**	**	19
Lin et al., 2009 [36]	**	*	**	*	*	**	**	**	*	**	**	**	20
Pang et al., 2011 [37]	**	**	**	**	*	**		**	**	**	*	**	20
Tonguc et al., 2011 [19]	**	**	**	**	**	**		*	**	**	**	**	21
Sugiura-Ogasawara et al., 2014 [38]	**	**	**	**	**	*		*	*	**		**	17
Rikken et al., 2020 [39]	**	*	**	**	*	**	*	*	**	**		**	18
Whelan et al., 2020 [40]	**	*	*	**	*	*			*	**	*	**	13

Each item is scored as “missing” not reported, “*” reported but inadequate; “**” reported and adequate.