When more than one article reported on the same study population, only the more comprehensive article was included.
However, at each presentation there could be more than one injury reported on the same Injury Report form.
Where more than one paper reported on the same or overlapping cohorts, or subgroups of large cohorts, care was taken to avoid double counting, and the report with the most information on the largest number of individuals was used.
All but one study reported on the same clinical outcome measures, which are: failure because a second intervention was needed, function preservation of the involved cranial nerves, more general complications and quality of life.
In cases where more than one identified paper reported on the same source data, the papers were presented together as one study.
Two rows contain more than one study, since the results of more than one article were aggregated when they reported on the same intervention.
Thirteen studies were excluded: five because they did not report on the predefined variables, seven that reported on the same patients in several papers, and one in which BDI was not caused by cholecystectomy.
Those allegations, by coincidence, were reported on the same day that a Congressional ethics committee admonished one of Mr. Paterson's mentors, Representative Charles B. Rangel, the only member of the Gang of Four still in office, for accepting corporate-sponsored trips to the Caribbean.
Two papers [40], [41] reported on the same study, and are further referred to as one study.
United Nations investigators in Geneva also reported on the same day that they had found "reasonable grounds to believe limited quantities of toxic chemicals were used" in Aleppo.
The weak American spending figures were reported on the same day that the International Monetary Fund slightly lowered its outlook for global growth over the next two years.
