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Table 4 Citation matrix

From: Laparoscopic versus open appendectomy in patients with suspected appendicitis: a systematic review of meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials

Systematic review included RCTs

Golub 1998

Meynaud-Kraemer 1999

Temple 1999

Bennett 2007

Li 2010

Liu 2010

Sauerland 2010

Wei 2011

Ohtani 2012

 

N = 16

N = 8

N = 12

N = 33

N = 44

N = 16

N = 67

N = 25

N = 39

DeWilde 1991

      

x

  

Attwood 1992

x

x

x

 

x

 

x

 

x

Kum 1993

x

x

eFU

 

x

 

x

x

x

Olsen 1993

      

x

  

Tate 1993

x

x

x

 

x

 

x

x

x

Hebebrand 1994

 

x

    

x

  

Eichen 1994

      

x

  

Frazee 1994

x

x

x

 

x

x

x

x

x

Jadallah 1994

      

x

  

Rohr 1994

x

 

eFT

   

eAR

  

Martin 1995

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Ortega 1995

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

 

x

Settmacher 1995

      

x

  

Cox 1996

x

 

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Hansen 1996

x

 

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Hart 1996

x

 

x

x

x

 

x

 

x

Lejus 1996

   

x

x

 

x

 

x

Mutter 1996

x

 

x

x

x

 

x

x

x

Williams 1996

x

 

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Pozo 1996

      

x

  

Yin 1996

    

x

 

x

  

Kazemier 1997

x

 

x

x

x

 

x

x

x

Laine 1997

x

 

x

x

x

 

x

  

Macarulla 1997

   

x

x

x

x

x

x

Minné 1997

x

  

x

x

 

x

x

x

Reiertsen 1997

x

 

eFU

x

x

 

x

 

x

Schippers 1997

      

x

  

Sezeur 1997

      

x

  

Yeung 1997

      

x

  

Heikkinen 1998

   

x

x

 

x

x

x

Stare 1998

      

x

  

Sun 1998

      

x

  

Zhang 1998

   

eFT

  

x

  

Klingler 1998

    

x

 

x

x

x

Witten 1998

      

x

  

Barth 1999

 

xUS

    

x

  

Bauwens 1999

      

x

  

Hellberg 1999

   

x

x

x

x

x

x

Hellberg 2001

    

era

 

x

  

Enochsson 2001

   

eSA

era

 

x

  

Kald 1999

   

x

x

 

x

  

Perner 1999

      

x

  

Özmen 1999

   

x

x

 

x

 

x

Navarra 2000

      

x

  

Nordentoft 2000

   

x

x

 

x

  

Huang 2001

   

x

x

x

x

 

x

Helmy 2001

   

x

x

 

x

 

x

Larsson 2001

   

eDL

eDL

 

x

  

Lavonius 2001

   

x

x

 

x

  

Long 2001

   

x

x

x

x

x

x

Pedersen 2001

   

x

x

x

x

x

x

Al-Mulhim 2002

   

x

x

 

x

 

x

Little 2002

    

x

 

x

  

Bruwer 2003

   

x

x

 

x

 

x

Karadayi 2003

   

x

x

 

x

  

Milewczyk 2003

   

x

x

 

eAC

x

x

Vallribera 2003

      

x

  

van Dalen 2003

   

eDL

eDL

 

x

  

Oka 2004

   

x

  

eNR

x

x

Ignacio 2004

   

x

x

x

x

x

x

Lintula 2001

    

era

 

x

x

x

Lintula 2002

    

era

 

x

  

Lintula 2004

   

x

x

 

x

  

Katkhouda 2005

   

x

x

x

x

x

x

Olmi 2005

   

x

 

x

 

x

x

Moberg 2005

   

x

x

x

x

x

x

Kaiser 2006

      

x

  

Ricca 2007

    

x

 

x

  

Tzovaras 2007

    

x

 

x

x

 

Bolla 2008

      

x

  

Moirangthem 2008

    

x

 

x

  

Kehagias 2008

     

x

   

Kaplan 2009

    

x

 

x

  

Kehagias 2009

      

x

  

Simon 2009

    

x

 

x

  

Wei 2010

    

x

 

x

x

x

Tzovaras 2010

        

x

Kouhia 2010

        

x

Shirazi 2010

        

x

Khalil 2011

        

x

Clarke 2011

        

x

  1. x: included in review; xUS: unpublished study included since trial was known to the authors; eAC: no allocation concealment; eAR: only as abstract reported and author request remained unanswered; eFU: follow-up < 80%; eFT: full text not available; eNR: not randomised; eDL: use of diagnostic laparoscopy followed by open appendicectomy in the laparoscopy arm; eSA: analysed a subgroup of the patients reported in a previous paper; era: not the most recent or highest quality article.