Table 1 Quality assessment of the baseline characteristics of the included studies
Author | Year | Country | Study design | Sample size | Gender (female/male) | Age | Duration (month) | Operation time (min) | Hospital stay (day) | Interventions | MINORS score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ahn et al. [25] | 2005a | Korea | Non-RCT | 17 | 11/6 | 43.10 | – | 48.20 ± 13.75 | – | PECD | 16 |
Ahn et al. [26] | 2005b | Korea | Non-RCT | 36 | 17/19 | 43.10 | – | – | – | PECD | 16 |
Oh et al. [14] | 2017 | Korea | Non-RCT | 100 | 35/65 | 46.90 | 4.80 | – | – | PECD | 17 |
Liao et al. [27] | 2018 | China | Non-RCT | 22 | 13/9 | 48.80 ± 8.30 | 7.90 ± 3.20 | 69.70 ± 16.50 | – | PECD | 18 |
Shu et al. [28] | 2019 | China | Non-RCT | 32 | 18/14 | 63.00 ± 10.50 | – | 56.00 ± 41.60 | 3.20 ± 1.30 | PECD | 17 |
Xiao et al. [29] | 2019 | China | Non-RCT | 40 | 22/18 | 52.90 ± 14.30 | 11.20 ± 5.60 | 74.48 ± 7.08 | 3.86 ± 0.85 | PECD | 17 |
Jiang et al. [13] | 2020 | China | Non-RCT | 36 | 13/23 | 59.89 ± 9.07 | – | – | 6.40 ± 0.74 | PECD | 16 |
Ahn et al. [15] | 2020 | Korea | Non-RCT | 51 | 23/28 | 42.20 | – | 55.20 ± 18.03 | 2.18 ± 1.16 | PECD | 19 |
Ma et al. [16] | 2021 | China | Non-RCT | 56 | 32/24 | 62.12 ± 2.36 | 6.22 ± 3.18 | 53.45 ± 4.12 | 4.34 ± 0.12 | PECD | 18 |