Table 2 Results of the Coleman Methodology Score (CMS) used to assess the quality of the articles included
References | Study size | Follow-up | N procedures | Type of study | Diagnostic certainty | Description of surgical technique | Rehabilitation and compliance | Outcome criteria | Outcome assessment | Selection process | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ebied and El-Kholy [12] | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 65 |
Brown and Ahmad [13] | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 38 |
Sobhy et al. [20] | 4 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 84 |
Hinckel et al. [22] | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 70 |
Drez et al. [27] | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 64 |
Sadigursky et al. [29] | 0 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 75 |
Hetsroni et al. [30] | 4 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 84 |
Yang and Zhang [28] | 7 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 74 |
Maffulli et al. [37] | 4 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 82 |
Maximum score possible | 10 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 100 |
Mean ± standard deviation | 2.5 ± 2.6 | 3.7 ± 1.9 | 8.8 ± 3.3 | 5.5 ± 5.2 | 5 ± 0 | 5 ± 0 | 8.8 ± 3.3 | 10 ± 0 | 8.3 ± 2.2 | 12.6 ± 4.8 | 70.6 ± 14.4 |