Table 2.

Assessment of Methodological Quality of Case Series by the JBI Critical Appraisal Tool.

Case Series	Were There Clear Criteria for Inclusion in the Case Series?	Was the Condition Measured in a Standard, Reliable Way for All Participants Included in the Case Series?	Were Valid Methods Used for Identification of the Condition for All Participants Included in the Case Series?	Did the Case Series Have Consecutive Inclusion of Participants?	Did the Case Series Have Complete Inclusion of Participants?	Was There Clear Reporting of the Demographics of the Participants in the Study?	Was There Clear Reporting of Clinical Information of the Participants?	Were the Outcomes or Follow-Up Results of Cases Clearly Reported?	Was There Clear Reporting of the Presenting Site(s)/Clinic(s) Demographic Information?	Was Statistical Analysis Appropriate?
Elliot et al., 1992 [36]	no	NA	no	no	no	yes	no	yes	no	NA
Amarante et al., 1996 [37]	no	NA	no	no	no	yes	no	yes	no	NA
Schwabegger et al., 2000 [38]	no	no	no	yes	yes	no	no	yes	no	NA
Geh et al., 2002 [39]	yes	NA	yes	no	no	yes	no	yes	yes	NA
Guerra et al., 2004 [40]	yes	NA	no	yes	yes	no	no	no	no	NA
Rehman et al., 2005 [41]	no	NA	no	no	no	yes	no	yes	no	NA
Sharma et al., 2006 [42]	yes	NA	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	yes	no	NA
Rees et al., 2007 [43]	no	no	no	no	no	yes	no	no	no	NA
Laredo Ortiz et al., 2007 [45]	yes	NA	no	yes	yes	yes	no	no	no	NA
Ayhan et al., 2008 [46]	yes	NA	no	yes	yes	yes	no	no	no	NA
Kishi et al., 2009 [47]	yes	NA	yes	no	no	yes	no	yes	no	NA
Laredo Ortiz et al., 2010 [48]	yes	NA	yes	no	no	yes	no	yes	no	NA
Unal et al., 2011 [49]	yes	NA	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	yes	no	NA
Sever et al., 2012 [51]	yes	NA	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	no	no	NA
Hallock 2013 [52]	yes	NA	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	yes	no	NA
Egemen et al., 2013 [53]	yes	NA	yes	no	no	yes	no	yes	no	NA
Alharbi et al., 2014 [54]	yes	NA	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	NA
Mehrotra 2015 [55]	no	NA	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	NA
Schmidt et al., 2015 [57]	yes	NA	no	yes	yes	yes	no	yes	no	NA
Ching et al., 2017 [60]	yes	NA	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	yes	no	NA
Nail-Barthelemy et al., 2019 [61]	yes	NA	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	NA
Lakshmana Rao et al., 2018 [62]	yes	NA	yes	no	no	yes	no	yes	no	NA
Marchesi et al., 2018 [64]	yes	NA	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	yes	no	NA
Elboraey et al., 2019 [65]	yes	NA	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	NA
Sirvan et al., 2019 [66]	yes	NA	yes	no	no	yes	no	yes	yes	NA
Rodriguez et al., 2019 [67]	yes	NA	yes	no	no	yes	no	yes	no	NA
Virág et al., 2020 [69]	yes	NA	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	yes	no	NA
Marchesi et al., 2021 [70]	yes	NA	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	yes	no	NA

NA = not applicable.