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Table 2 The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) for evaluating the retrospective trials

From: Comparison of clinical outcomes of arthroscopic rotator cuff repair utilizing suture-bridge procedures with or without medial knots: a meta-analysis

Study

Selection

Comparability

Exposure

Total scores

Boyer et al. 2015 [11]

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**

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8

Burns et al. 2019 [12]

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*

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7

Gürpınar et al. 2019 [2]

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**

**

7

Honda et al. 2018 [13]

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**

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8

Hug et al. 2015 [14]

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*

**

6

Kim et al. 2014 [15]

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**

**

7

Kim et al. 2018 [16]

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**

**

7

Millett et al. 2017 [6]

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**

**

7

Pogorzelski et al. 2019 [17]

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**

**

7

Zwolak et al. 2022 [19]

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7