Table 1: Characteristics of Included Studies Table 1: Characteristics of Included Studies Table 1: Characteristics of Included Studies Table 1: Characteristics of Included Studies Table 1: Characteristics of Included Studies Table 1: Characteristics of Included Studies
Author Names Study Type 1) Paper Published 2) Paper in Press Risk Bias Assessment (New-Castle Ottawa Score) for Case-Control and Cohort Studies Methodological Quality of Case Reports and Case Series* AMSTAR assessment of systematic reviews
Chen D et al Perspective Report 2 N/A N/A
Poon LC et al Guideline Document 2 N/A N/A
Chen Y et al
Case Series
2
+ ++ ++ +
Chen S et al
Retrospective Cohort
2
**** - ***
Poon LC et al Guidelines 2
Moro F et al Technical Report 2
Kalafat E et al
Case Report
2
+ ++ +++ +
Zaigham M et al Review Article 2 5
Liu D et al
Retrospective Cohort
1
**** * **
Shwartz DA et al
Retrospective Cohort
2
**** * ***
Panah L et al Review Article 1 6
Lee DH et al
Case Report
2
+ ++ +++ +
Mullins E et al Review Article 2 3
Li N et al
Case Control Study
2
**** * **
Wang S et al
Case Report
1
+ ++ +++ +
Chen H et al
Retrospective Cohort
1
**** ** ***
Yu N et al
Retrospective Cohort
1
**** * **
Fan C et al
Case Series
2
+ ++ +++ +
Rasmussen et al Perspective Report 1 N/A N/A
Dashraath P et al Perspective Report 2 N/A N/A
Wang SS et al Perspective Report 1 N/A N/A
Liu H et al
Retrospective Cohort
2
**** * **
N/A