Table 3: Haemorrhoid Surgery June 2006 Quality Scoring + Levels of Evidence
Study | Allocation Concealment | Quality Score | Level of Evidence |
Aasboe 1998 | B | 11111:5 | LoE 1 |
Al-Mulhim 2006 | B | 10000:1 | LoE 1 |
Amanor-Boadu 1992 | B | 10000:1 | LoE 1 |
Andrews 1993 | B | 10000:1 | LoE 1 |
Arbman 2000 | B | 10001:2 | LoE 1 |
Armstrong 2001 | B | 10001:2 | LoE 1 |
Arroyo 2004 | B | 10000:1 | LoE 1 |
Arroyo 2006 | B | 11001:3 | LoE 1 |
Balfour 2002 | A | 11111:5 | LoE 1 |
Basdanis 2005 | B | 11001:3 | LoE 1 |
Bikhchandani 2005 | B | 11000:2 | LoE 1 |
Boccasanta 2001 | B | 11000:2 | LoE 1 |
Boccasanta 2007 | A | 11001:3 | LoE 1 |
Brown 2001 | B | 11001:3 | LoE 1 |
Brunat 2003 | B | 10010:2 | LoE 1 |
Carapeti 1998 | A | 11111:5 | LoE 1 |
Cheetham 2003 | A | 11001:3 | LoE 1 |
Chester 1990 | B | 11000:2 | LoE 2 |
Chang 1999 | B | 10100:2 | LoE 2 |
Chung 2002 | B | 11110:4 | LoE 1 |
Chung 2005 | B | 11001:3 | LoE 1 |
Colak 2003 | B | 10001:2 | LoE 1 |
Correa 2002 | B | 11001:3 | LoE 1 |
Davies 2003 | A | 11111:5 | LoE 1 |
Di Vita 2003 | B | 10000:1 | LoE 2 |
Filingeri 2004a (diathermy vs. SMH) | B | 11011:4 | LoE 1 |
Fillingeri 2004b (modified SMH vs. conventional SMH) | B | 11011:4 | LoE 1 |
Franklin 2003 | B | 11000:2 | LoE 1 |
Galizia 2000 | B | 11001:3 | LoE 1 |
Ganio 2001 | A | 11000:2 | LoE 1 |
Gravie 2005 | B | 10001:2 | LoE 1 |
Helmy 2000 | B | 11001:3 | LoE 2 |
Hetzer 2002 | B | 11011:4 | LoE 1 |
Ho 1997a (anal relaxant) | B | 10000:1 | LoE 1 |
Ho 1997b (open vs. closed) | B | 10000:1 | LoE 1 |
Ho 1998 | B | 11000:2 | LoE 2 |
Ho 2000 | B | 11010:3 | LoE 1 |
Ho 2001 | B | 11010:3 | LoE 1 |
Ho 2006 | B | 11000:2 | LoE 1 |
Hosch 1998 | B | 10001:2 | LoE 2 |
Huang 2006 | B | 11001:3 | LoE 1 |
Hwang 2003 | A | 11111:5 | LoE 1 |
Ibrahim 1998 | B | 11000:2 | LoE 2 |
Ingram 1998 | B | 10001:2 | LoE 2 |
Jayne 2002 | B | 11011:4 | LoE 1 |
Jóhannsson 2006 | B | 11001:3 | LoE 1 |
Kairaluoma 2003 | B | 11001:3 | LoE 1 |
Kanellos 2005 | A | 11010:3 | LoE 1 |
Kecmanovic 2006 | B | 11000:2 | LoE 2 |
Khalil 2000 | B | 11000:2 | LoE 1 |
Khan 2001 | B | 10000:1 | LoE 2 |
Khubchandani 2002 | B | 11001:3 | LoE 1 |
Kilbride 1994 | B | 11111:5 | LoE 1 |
Kim 2001 | B | 10110:3 | LoE 1 |
Kim 2005 | B | 10001:2 | LoE 2 |
Kisli 2005 | B | 10000:1 | LoE 2 |
Kraemer 2005 | B | 11001:3 | LoE 1 |
Krska 2003 | B | 10000:1 | LoE 2 |
Kwok 2005 | B | 11111:5 | LoE 1 |
La Torre 2004 | B | 11000:2 | LoE 1 |
Lau 2004 | B | 11010:3 | LoE 1 |
Lin 2004 | B | 10110:3 | LoE 1 |
Liu 2000 | B | 10100:2 | LoE 1 |
London 1987 | B | 11101:4 | LoE 1 |
Luck 2000 | A | 11110:4 | LoE 1 |
Madsen 1987 | B | 10011:3 | LoE 2 |
Marsh 1993 | A | 11010:3 | LoE 1 |
Mathai 1996 | B | 11000:2 | LoE 2 |
Mehigan 2000 | B | 11001:3 | LoE 1 |
Mikuni 2002 | B | 11001:3 | LoE 1 |
Millito 2002 | B | 11000:2 | LoE 2 |
Mlakar 2005 | B | 10001:2 | LoE 2 |
Morisaki 1996 | B | 10110:3 | LoE 1 |
Naja 2005 | A | 11111:5 | LoE 1 |
Naja 2006 | B | 11001:3 | LoE 1 |
Nicholson 2004 | B | 11111:5 | LoE 1 |
Ong 2005 | B | 10000:1 | LoE 2 |
Ortiz 2002 | B | 11000:2 | LoE 1 |
Ortiz 2005 | B | 11001:3 | LoE 1 |
Palazzo 2002 | B | 11000:2 | LoE 2 |
Palimento 2003 | B | 11001:3 | LoE 1 |
Pandini 2006 | B | 10000:1 | LoE 1 |
Pattana-Arun 2006 | A | 11001:3 | LoE 1 |
Patti 2005 | B | 11100:3 | LoE 1 |
Patti 2006 | B | 11000:2 | LoE 1 |
Pavlidis 2002 | B | 10001:2 | LoE 1 |
Perez-Vicente 2006 | B | 11000:2 | LoE 1 |
Pescatori 2000 | B | 11001:3 | LoE 1 |
Pryn 1989 | B | 10110:3 | LoE 1 |
Pybus 1983 | B | 10010:2 | LoE 2 |
Roe 1987 | B | 10001:2 | LoE 1 |
Rowsell 2000 | B | 11001:3 | LoE 1 |
Roxas 2003 | A | 11110:4 | LoE 1 |
Roxas 2006 | A | 11010:3 | LoE 1 |
Senagore 1993 | B | 11011:4 | LoE 1 |
Senagore 2004 | A | 11001:3 | LoE 1 |
Seow-Choen 1992 | B | 11000:2 | LoE 1 |
Shalaby 2001 | B | 11000:2 | LoE 1 |
Silverman 2005 | A | 10110:3 | LoE 1 |
Tan 2001 | B | 11000:2 | LoE 1 |
Tan 2006 | A | 11111:5 | LoE 1 |
Van de Stadt 2005 | B | 10000:1 | LoE 1 |
Vinson-Bonnet 2002 | A | 11111:5 | LoE 1 |
Wang 2006 | B | 11000:2 | LoE 1 |
Wasvary 2001 | A | 11110:4 | LoE 1 |
Yosry 2004 | B | 10000:1 | LoE 1 |
You 2005 | A | 11000:2 | LoE 1 |
Zuckermann 1993 | B | 10000:1 | LoE 1 |