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Anticoagulants
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1977
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Myocardial Infarction
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Control v Anticoagulants
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Mortality
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Ioannidis: (6, 12) Kunz: (6, 12)
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Three used alternately assigned controls [23-25].
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Quinidine
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1992
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Atrial fibrillation
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Control v Quinidine
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Relapse into atrial fibrillation
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Ioannidis: (6, 5) Kunz: (6, 6)
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One did not have 3-month follow-up [53].
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Trial of Labor
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1995
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Breech delivery
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No trial v Trial of Labor
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5 minute Apgar
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Ioannidis: (2, 6)
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None excluded.
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Colposuspension 1
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1996
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Incontinence
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Anterior colporrhaphy v Colposuspension
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No cure of incontinence
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Ioannidis: (4, 11)
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Five were in a foreign language [54-58].
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Colposuspension 2
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1996
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Incontinence
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Needle suspension v Colposuspension
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No cure of incontinence
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Ioannidis: (3, 9)
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One used failed surgery instead of incontinence as an outcome [59]. One was a controlled trial [26]. Three were in a foreign language [55, 56, 60].
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Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS)
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1996
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Post-operative pain
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Control v TENS
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No pain relief
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Ioannidis: (2, 4) Kunz: (17, 19)
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None excluded.
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Early Discharge
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1997
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Childbirth
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Conventional v Early
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Maternal Morbidity
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Ioannidis: (1, 3)
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Added one study from original meta-analysis [36].
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Hip screw
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1999
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Hip fracture
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Fixed nail plates v Sliding hip screw
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Total complications
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Ioannidis: (1, 6)
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One "OS" was an RCT [27].
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Local Anesthesia
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1996
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Carotid Endarterectomy
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General v Local Anesthesia
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Stroke or death
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Ioannidis: (3, 14)
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One from a non-peer reviewed abstract [61], 1 from unpublished data [62], one in a foreign language [63].
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Hysterosalpingo-graphy (HSG)
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1999
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Infertility
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Water v Oil in Hysterosalpingography
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No Pregnancy
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Ioannidis: (5, 6)
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None excluded.
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