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Marx (2011) (16), Lagleyre (2009) (17) 200 (209) * * * H * * * * * * M Shin (2001a) (18) NR (474) * * * H * * * * * * M Karosi (2012) (3) 57 (57) * * * M * * * * * * L Liktor (2014) (2) 32 (32) * * * M * * * * * * L

de Oliveira Vicente (2004) (24), de Oliveira Vicente (2006) (25) 54 (108) * * * M * * * * * * H Berretini (2010) (26) 45 (90) * * * M * * * * * * H Shin (2001b) (27) NR (211) * * * M * * * * * * H

Bozorg Grayeli (2004) (21) 10 (10) * * * M * * * * * * H Lee (2009) (22) 22 (24) * * * M * * * * * * H Mori (2013) (23) 17 (27) * * * M * * * * * * H

Trojanowska (2007) (19) 90 (180) * * * M * * * * * * M Kiyomizu (2004) (6) 44 (82) * * * M * * * * * * M Tringali (2007) (20) NR (119) * * * M * * * * * * M

Overall Risk of Bias

Missing Data

(RT)

Standardization

TABLE 2. Study assessment Relevance Risk of Bias Overall Blinding of (IT) Blinding (IT)

* indicates satisfactory; * , not satisfactory or unclear; H, high; L, low; M, moderate; NR, not reported. Relevance. Study population: adult patients suspected of otosclerosis. Index test: CT. Outcome: otosclerosis established during middle ear surgery. Risk of bias. Selection: consecutive or random sample of patients selected without exclusion based on incompleteness of data. Blinding of index test (IT): outcome assessor blinded for CT results. Blinding of reference test (RT): radiologist blinded for surgery outcome. Standardization of index test (IT): uniform protocol for performing and assessing CT. Standardization of reference test (RT): uniform protocol for or uniform manner of establishing otosclerosis during middle ear surgery or histopathology. Missing data: 20% missing data.

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of (RT)

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Study

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No. of Patients (No. of Ears)

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