“…Twenty-eight OGM-only case series were included in the meta-analysis of which 5 involved EEA [ 4 , 28 , 62 , 70 , 92 ], 24 in mTCA [ 5 , 7 , 10 , 23 , 25 , 27 , 28 , 40 , 42 , 44 , 47 , 56 , 57 , 70 , 83 , 87 , 89 , 96 , 99 , 101 , 109 , 117 , 121 , 123 ], 3 in eSKA [ 4 , 39 , 92 ], and with 4 of these studies detailing multiple approaches [ 4 , 28 , 70 , 92 ]. Additionally, 15 studies explored both OGM and TSM [ 9 , 30 , 31 , 50 , 54 , 58 , 65 , 93 , 94 , 103 , 105 , 113 , 122 , 128 , 129 ]. Resultantly, the TSM group totalled 2191 patients and OSM group totalled 1519 patients (Tables 1 and 2 ).…”