Table 1 Author, year of publication, country, inclusion period, number of included patients and relevant patients, study design, and follow-up interval of included studies
First author | Year of publication | Country | Inclusion period | Included patients | Relevant patients | Study design | Follow-up interval (months)a |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Devière et al. [39] | 1995 | Belgium | Jun 1986–Jul 1993 | 13 | 13 | Retrospective study | 28 (0–36) |
Howard et al. [9] | 2001 | United States | June 1995–June 2000 | 27 | 27 | Prospective study | 18 |
Tann et al. [4] | 2003 | United States | 1995–2000 | 26 | 26 | Retrospective study | 18c |
Varadarajulu et al. [26] | 2005 | United States | 1994–2002 | 97 | 23 | Retrospective study | 24 (6–86) |
Lawrence et al. [2] | 2008 | United States | Mar 1997–Jun 2003 | 30 | 30 | Retrospective study | 38 (3–94) |
Pelaez-Luna et al. [21] | 2008 | United States | Jan 1999–Jul 2006 | 31 | 31 | Retrospective study | 7 (0–90) |
Nealon et al. [8] | 2009 | United States | 1985–2006 | 563 | 130 | Retrospective study | 56.4 ± 12.6c |
Murage et al. [34] | 2010 | United States | Nov 1995–Sept 2008 | 76 | 76 | Retrospective study | 22 |
Varadarajulu et al. [25] | 2011 | United States | Jan 2003–Apr 2011 | 62 | 22 | Retrospective study | 1026 (678–1036) daysb |
Irani et al. [27] | 2012 | United States | Oct 2002–Oct 2011 | 15 | 15 | Three were retrospectively identified patients and other 12 patients were included prospectively | 25 (6–113) |
Pearson et al. [5] | 2012 | United States | 2002–2011 | 7 | 7 | Retrospective study | 264 (29–740) days |
Bang et al. [28] | 2013 | United States | 2003––2011; Jan–Dec 2012 | 76 | 53 | Retrospective study | 309.5 (241.5 -362.5) daysb |
Shrode et al. [31] | 2013 | United States | Jan 2002–July 2008 | 113 | 64 | Retrospective study | 12d |
Fischer et al. [35] | 2014 | United States | Jul 2005–Jun 2011 | 50 | 50 | Retrospective study | 18c |
Smoczyński et al. [30] | 2015 | Poland | 2001–2013 | 22 | 8 | Retrospective study | 1 yeard |
Rana et al. [33] | 2015 | India | 2010––2014 | 35 | 35 | Retrospective study | 28.2 ± 14.0c |
Tellez-Avina et al.[41] | 2016 | Mexico | 2008–2015 | 21 | 21 | Retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data | 28 (7–76) |
Bang et al. [40] | 2016 | United States | May 2014–Nov 2015 | 21 | 21 | Prospective study | 272 days |
Dhar et al. [24] | 2017 | United States | 2002–2014 | 42 | 42 | Retrospective study | 18 |
Jagielski et al. [29] | 2018 | Poland | 2001––2016 | 226 | 63 | Retrospective study | 65 (14–158)c |
Bang et al. [3] | 2018 | United States | Aug 2003–Dec 2015 | 291 | 167 | Retrospective study of a prospectively maintained database | 1,823 (723–2,656) daysb |
Dua et al. [13] | 2018 | United States | 2009––2017 | 74 | 22 | Retrospective study | 14 (7–27)c |
Dhir et al. [12] | 2018 | United States and India | Mar 2011–Dec 2016 | 88 | 53 | Prospective study | 22 (3–46) |
Chen et al. [22] | 2019 | China | Sept 2008–Jan 2016 | 31 | 31 | Retrospective study on a prospectively maintained database | 40 (22–110) |
Yamauchi et al. [20] | 2019 | Japan | Apr 2006–Mar 2017 | 36 | 9 | Retrospective study | 56.2 (12.4–147.1) |
Rana et al. (1)e [32] | 2019 | India | Dec 2011–Nov 2017 | 12 | 9 | Retrospective study | 25.5 ± 17.7 weeksd |
Rana et al. (2)e [23] | 2019 | India | 2014–2019 | 18 | 18 | Retrospective study | 16.7 ± 12.8c |
Maatman et al. [36] | 2019 | United States | 2005–2017 | 202 | 202 | Retrospective study | 30 (2–165) |
Rana et al. (3)e [38] | 2019 | India | 2015–2019 | 46 | 33 | Retrospective study of a prospectively maintained database | 32.5 ± 21.9 |
Maatman et al. [37] | 2020 | United States | 2005–2018 | 714 | 54 | Retrospective study | 17.9 (3–150) |