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. 2023 Jan 12;15(1):e33703. doi: 10.7759/cureus.33703

Table 1. Literature Search Strategy.

Sr. # Search Strategy No. of Publications
1. Publications retrieved from the PubMed database, 245
2. Publications retrieved from Google Scholar 55
3. Total number of publications from the electronic search 300
4. Total number of publications after removal of duplication 190
5. Total number of publications available via open access/free full-text form 98
6. Publications remaining after the title or abstract screening 13
7. Total included publications 13
8. Total included research or original articles 9
9. Total number of case reports 4