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. 2022 Oct 25;11(21):6279. doi: 10.3390/jcm11216279

Table 1.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria of the search strategy.

Inclusion Criteria
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    Types of papers: Clinical Study; Clinical Trial; Clinical Trial, Phase I, Phase II, Phase III, Phase IV; Comparative Study; Multicenter Study; Randomized; Prospective; Retrospective.

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    English language.

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    Patient who underwent spinal fusion procedure.

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    Description of the cages used.

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    Description of the complications observed in peri-operative and post-operative time.
Exclusion Criteria
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    Types of Paper: Reviews; Case Reports; in vitro, in vivo or ex vivo Studies; Studies on Biomechanical Models; Finite Element Model Studies; Books; Chapters; Conference Proceedings; White Papers.

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    Non-English articles.

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    Procedures other than spinal fusion.

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    Without essential information about cages used.

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    Without essential information about complications.