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Table 1 Quality assessment of the included studies

From: Comparison of Retzius-sparing robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy vs standard robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: a meta-analysis

Study

Design

Selection

Comparability

Outcome

Total

Representativeness of exposed cohort

Selective of nonexposed Cohort

Ascertainment of exposure

Outcome not present at start

Assessment of outcome

Adequate follow-up length

Adequacy of follow-up

Abu-Ghanem

P, S

*

*

*

*

**

*

*

*

9

Chang 2017

R, S

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

8

Sayyid

P, S

*

*

*

*

**

*

*

*

9

Dalela

R, S

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

8

Lim

P, S

*

*

*

*

**

*

*

*

9

Chang 2018

R, S

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

8

  

Randomization

Allocation concealment

 

Blinding

  

Quality level

  

Asimakopoulos

RCT

Adequate

Unclear

 

Unclear

  

Clear

  

Menon

RCT

Adequate

Unclear

 

Unclear

  

Unclear

  
  1. P Prospectively study, RCT Randomised controlled trial, R Respectively study, M mutli-centers