“…The main types of identified articles leading to exclusion were reviews, guidelines, and editorials. Ten series for potential inclusion in the meta-analysis were identified [ 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 ]. After evaluation, two of the series were excluded, as they contained, based on the authors, similar centers and dates of study performance, potentially overlapping patients [ 26 , 27 ].…”