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Table 3 Summary assessment of the risk of bias for 17 retrospective studies using the ROBIN-I tool

From: Efficacy and safety comparison between axillary lymph node dissection with no axillary surgery in patients with sentinel node-positive breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Author publication year

Bias due to confounding

Bias in the selection of participants into the study

Bias in the classification of interventions

Bias due to deviations from intended interventions

Bias due to missing data

Bias in measurement of outcomes

Bias in the selection of the reported result

Overall risk of bias

Bilimoria et al. (2009) [31]

Moderate risk of bias

Degnim et al. (2010) [32]

Serious risk of bias

Yi et al. (2010) [34]

Serious risk of bias

Gillanders et al. (2012) [35]

Serious risk of bias

Park et al. (2014) [37]

Moderate risk of bias

Snow et al. (2015) [38]

Serious risk of bias

Tvedskov et al. (2015) [39]

Serious risk of bias

Houvenaeghel et al. (2016) [40]

Moderate risk of bias

Youssef et al. (2016) [41]

Serious risk of bias

Lee et al. (2018) [44]

Serious risk of bias

Liu et al. (2018) [45]

Moderate risk of bias

Arisio et al. (2019) [46]

Serious risk of bias

Jung et al. (2019) [47]

Moderate risk of bias

Kim et al. (2019) [48]

Serious risk of bias

Jung et al. (2020) [49]

Moderate risk of bias

Kim et al. (2020) [50]

Moderate risk of bias

Sun et al. (2021) [51]

Serious risk of bias

Sanvido et al. (2021) [52]

Serious risk of bias

Gao et al. (2022) [54]

Moderate risk of bias

Houvenaeghel et al. (2022) [55]

Moderate risk of bias

Zhou et al. (2022) [57]

Moderate risk of bias

  1. Notes: low risk of bias, moderate risk of bias, serious risk of bias, for critical risk of bias, no information