Review Article
Cyanoacrylate Injection Compared with Band Ligation for Acute Gastric Variceal Hemorrhage: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials and Observational Studies
Table 2
Methodological quality of nonrandomized studies.
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Item 1: inclusion criteria reported; item 2: generalizability of patients with cyanoacrylate injection to population with acute gastric variceal hemorrhage; item 3: generalizability of patients with banding ligation to population with acute gastric variceal hemorrhage; item 4: age, gender, and etiology (2 stars if yes to all; 1 star if one of these parameters was not reported; no stars if the two groups differed); item 5: presence of hepatocellular carcinoma, Child-Pugh class, encephalopathy (2 stars if yes to all; 1 star if one of these parameters was not reported; no stars if the two groups differed); item 6: clearly defined outcome of interest; item 7: adequacy of followup (1 star if followup >90%). NOS: Newcastle-Ottawa scale. |