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Table 1 Quality assessment of the studies included according to newcastle-ottawa scale

From: Comparison of instrumented and stand-alone lateral lumbar interbody fusion for lumbar degenerative disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Author

Year

Selection

Comparability

Exposure

Total Score

Cheng

2021

3

2

3

8

Wu

2021

3

2

3

8

Li

2021

3

2

3

8

Jones

2021

4

2

3

9

Cai

2021

3

2

3

8

He

2020

3

2

3

8

Chen

2019

3

2

3

8

Parker

2017

4

2

3

9

Malham

2017

3

1

3

7

Aichmair

2017

3

2

3

8

Malham

2012

3

2

3

8

Kim

2012

3

1

3

7

Sharma

2011

3

1

3

7