Table 1 Baseline characteristics of included studies

Ibrahim et al. [13]

Retrospective (RS)

20

0 (0)

0

–

0

20 (100)

0

0

20 (100)

26.4

–

11 (55)

24

44

Freychet et al. [33]

RS

40

6 (15)

0

–

0

20 (59)

12 (30)

2 (5)

36 (90)

24

–

23 (57.5)

24

63.6

Cook et al. [14]

RS

133

78 (58.7)

1 (0.8)

–

24 (18)

22 (16.5)

4 (3)

4 (3)

101 (75.9)

26

28.8

52 (39.1)

12

–

Wajsfisz et al. [15]

RS

53

0

53 (100)

–

0

0

0

0

46 (86.8)

29.8

–

19 (35.8)

12

49

Lee JH-Y et al. [16]

Prospective (PS)

42

16 (38.1)

1 (2.4)

–

5 (11.9)

10 (23.8)

7 (16.7)

3 (7.1)

32 (76.2)

28.9

33.2

25 (59.5)

12

14.2

Ridley et al. [34]

RS

126

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

96 (76.2)

25.8

28.8

76 (60.3)

12

24

Werner et al. [17]

RS

215

121 (56.3)

9 (4.2)

–

24 (11.2)

39 (18.1)

22 (10.2)

0

165 (76.7)

32

–

–

24

69.6

Zhang et al. [18]

RS

59

16 (27.1)

10 (16.9)

–

7 (11.9)

12 (20.3)

9 (15.3)

5 (8.5)

50 (84.7)

43.7

–

44 (74.6)

21

30

Tardy et al. [19]

RS

39

18 (46.2)

0

–

13 (33.3)

8 (20.5)

0

0

31 (79.5)

34.1

24.2

22 (56.4)

12

57

Hongwu et al. [35]

RS

13

0

0

–

0

12 (92.3)

1 (7.7)

0

8 (61.5)

37.8

–

6 (46.2)

24

32.6

Suh et al. [36]

RS

20

0

2 (10)

–

7 (35)

7 (35)

4 (20)

0

14 (70)

37

–

13 (65)

12

18.7

Barret et al. [37]

RS

32

15 (46.9)

2 (6.2)

–

12 (37.5)

0

3 (9.4)

0

21 (65.6)

30

–

19 (59.4)

28

87

Lau et al. [38]

RS

1350

871 (64.5)

88 (6.5)

391 (29)

–

–

0

0

887 (65.7)

40.1

–

–

12

–

Djebara et al. [20]

RS

29

12 (41.4)

0

–

0

16 (55.2)

1 (3.4)

0

26 (89.7)

30.2

26.5

16 (55.2)

69.6

90

Goyal et al. [21]

PS

27

0

8 (29.6)

–

11 (40.8)

6 (22.2)

2 (7.4)

0

24 (88.9)

33.4

26.7

27 (100)

24

24

Billiers et al. [22]

RS

20

6 (30)

0

–

5 (25)

7 (35)

2 (10)

0

15 (75)

28.3

25.2

8 (40)

23.3

29.4

Mahmood et al. [23]

PS

51

41 (80.3)

3 (5.9)

6 (11.8)

-

-

1 (2)

0

37 (60.8)

30.6

–

12 (23.6)

36.88

46

Hantes et al. [39]

PS

26

15 (57.7)

7 (26.9)

–

2 (7.7)

2 (7.7)

0

0

21 (80.8)

27.4

25.4

26 (100)

71.46

105.38

Chao et al. [24]

RS

12

0

0

0

–

–

12 (100)

0

9 (75)

40.3

24.6

–

24

24

Khan et al. [25]

RS

27

4 (14.8)

4 (14.8)

–

8 (29.6)

7 (25.9)

3 (11.1)

1 (3.7)

27 (100)

35.8

–

–

24

–

Lutz et al. [40]

RS

32

32 (100)

0

0

0

0

0

0

27 (84.4)

32

25.3

11 (34.4)

24

57.35

Jokela et al. [41]

RS

25

0

0

–

25 (100)

0

0

0

17 (68)

44

29

19 (76)

22

82

Laprade et al. [26]

RS

194

163 (84)

4 (2.1)

–

16 (8.2)

6 (3.1)

5 (2.6)

0

83 (42.8)

34.5

–

0

24

42

Yazdi et al. [42]

RS

11

8 (72.7)

0

–

3 (27.3)

0

0

0

10 (90.1)

32

–

–

12

19

Zhang et al. [43]

RS

21

21 (100)

0

–

0

0

0

0

–

39.6

–

–

26

40

Bonadio et al. [44]

RS

13

13 (100)

0

–

0

0

0

0

9 (69.2)

32

–

7 (53.8)

24

44.6

Richter et al. [27]

RS

8

0

0

–

8

0

0

0

6 (75)

28

–

4 (50)

24

144

Kitamura et al. [45]

RS

31

22 (71)

0

–

9 (10)

0

0

0

25 (80.6)

28.6

–

3 (9.7)

24

72

Helito et al. [46]

PS

9

9 (100)

0

–

0

0

0

0

8 (88.9)

29.9

–

2 (22.22)

24

27,3

Dong et al. [47]

RCT

64

64 (100)

0

–

0

0

0

0

37 (57.8)

36.6

–

–

24

34,2

Godin et al. [28]

RS

20

14 (70)

1 (5)

–

3 (15)

2 (10)

0

0

14 (70)

17.7

25.7

2 (10)

24

37.1

Woodmas et al. [29]

RS

62

24 (38.7)

0

–

14 (22.5)

10 (19.4)

10 (19.4)

4

42 (67.7)

33.5

30.7

31 (50)

24

74

Alentorn et al. [30]

PS

39

19 (48.8)

2 (5.1)

–

8 (20.5)

8 (20.5)

2 (5.1)

0

28 (71.8)

39.1

–

–

12

27