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Table 2 Quality assessment using Newcastle-Ottawa Scale of included studies

From: Partial ALPPS versus complete ALPPS for staged hepatectomy

Newcastle-Ottawa Scale

Studies

Alvarez, F. A(2015)

Henrik Petrowsky(2015)

Linecker, M(2017)

Chan, A(2017)

Selection

 Representativeness of the exposed cohort (maximum:*)

*

*

*

*

 Selection of the non exposed cohort (maximum:*)

*

*

*

*

 Ascertainment of exposure (maximum:*)

*

*

*

*

 Demonstration that outcome of interest was not present at start of study (maximum:*)

Comparability

 Comparability of cohorts on the basis of the design or analysis (maximum:**)

**

**

Outcome

 Assessment of outcome (maximum:*)

*

*

*

*

 Was follow-up long enough for outcomes to occur (maximum:*)

*

*

*

*

 Adequacy of follow up of cohorts (maximum:*)

*

*

*

*

Total NOS score

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  1. The symbol "*" refers to the score of each item