Study | Patients | Vital/pain/lesion | Instr | Medication | Obtur | Number of visits | Pain Pain/sample single-visit; pain/sample multiple-visit; recall | Flare-up Flare-ups/sample single-visit; flare-ups/sample multiple-visit; recall | Long-term complications Complications/sample single-visit; Complications/sample multiple-visit; recall |
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Akbar et al20 | 100 adults or adolescents | No/unclear/yes | Hand | Calcium hydroxide | Lateral | 2 | 5/50; 4/50; 7 days | ||
Albashaireh and Alnegrish21 | 300 adults or adolescents | Yes/no /unclear | Hand | None | Lateral | 2 | 4/40; 3/36; 1 day | ||
Yes/no/no | Hand | None | Lateral | 2 | 33/102; 55/113; 1 day | ||||
Al-Negrish and Habahbeh22 | 120 adults or adolescents | No/no/no | Hand | Calcium hydroxide | Lateral | 2 | 8/54; 14/58; 2 days | 1/54; 3/58; 7 days | |
DiRenzo et al23 | 80 adults | Both/yes/unclear | Rotary | None | Lateral | 2 | –/39; –/33; 1 dayno significant difference on continuous scale | ||
Dorsani et al24 | 57 adults | No/unclear/yes | Rotary | Calcium hydroxide | Lateral | 2 | 10/24; 6/22; 1 year | ||
Fava25 | 48 adults and children | No/no/unclear | Hand | Phenole | Lateral | 2 | 1/30; 0/30; 2 days | ||
Fava26 | 52 adults or adolescents | Yes/yes/unclear | Hand | Calcium hydroxide | Lateral | NG | 2/30; 1/30; 1 day | ||
Gesi et al28 | 256 adults | Yes/both/no | Hand | Calcium hydroxide | Lateral | 2 | 16/130; 18/126; 7 days | 9/123; 8/121; 3 years | |
Ghoddusi et al27 | 60 adults | No/both/yes | Hand | Calcium hydroxide | Lateral | 2 | 1/20; 8/20; 3 days | 7/20; 0/20; 3 days | |
Ince et al29 | 306 adults | Yes/both/no | Hand | None | Lateral | 2 | 19/87; 16/66; 3 days | ||
No/both/mixed | Hand | None | Lateral | 2 | 9/66; 14/87; 3 days | ||||
Jabeen and Khurshiduzzaman30 | 120 adults or adolescents | No/no/no | Unclear | Calcium hydroxide | Lateral | 2 | 23/60; 11/60; 1 day | ||
Liu and Leng31 | 143 adults | No/unclear/mixed | Unclear | Cortisomal | Lateral | 2–3 | 52/95; 28/48; 1 day | 10/87; 4/42; 1 year | |
Molander32 | 94 adults | No/no/yes | Rotary | Calcium hydroxide | Lateral | 2 | 17/49; 10/40; 2 years | ||
Mulhern et al33 | 60 adults or adolescents | No/no/mixed | Hand | None | Lateral | 3 | 7/30; 6/30; 2 days | ||
Oginni and Udoye34 | 255 adults | Both/both/mixed | Unclear | Unclear | Lateral | NG | 58/107; 61/136; 1 day | 19/104; 10/123; 7 days | |
Paredes-Vieyra and Enriquez35 | 287 adults | No/no/yes | Rotary | Calcium hydroxide | Lateral | 2 | 5/146; 15/136; 2 years | ||
Pekruhn36 | 102 cases of unclear age | Unclear/unclear/unclear | Hand | Formocresol | Vertical | 2 | 8/51; 8/51; 1 day | ||
Penesis et al37 | 97 adults | No/unclear/yes | Rotary | Calcium hydroxide+CHX | Vertical | 2 | 7/35; 7/31; 2 years | ||
Peters and Wesslink38 | 39 adults | No/no/yes | Hand | Calcium hydroxide | Lateral | 2 | 0/21; 1/17; 4.5 years | ||
Prashanth et al39 | 32 adults | No/unclear/yes | Rotary | Unclear | Vertical | 2 | 1/8; 0/8; 2 days | ||
Yes/unclear/no | Rotary | Unclear | Vertical | 2 | 1/8; 1/8; 2 days | ||||
Rao et al40 | 148 adults | No/unclear/unclear | Rotary | None | Lateral | 2 | –/74; –/74 1 day no significant difference on continuous scale | ||
Risso et al41 | 118 adolescents | No/both/mixed | Hand | Calcium hydroxide | Lateral | 2 | –/57; –/61;1 day results not reported | 1/57;1/61; 10 days | |
Singh and Garg 201242 | 200 adults | Both/unclear/no | Rotary | None | Lateral | 2 | –/94; –/94; 1 day no significant difference on continuous scale | 0/9; 0/94; 6 days | |
Trope et al,44 Waltimo et al43 | 81 adults | No/unclear/yes | Hand | Calcium hydroxide | Lateral | 2 | 9/45; 6/31; 1 year | ||
Wang et al45 | 100 adults | Yes/yes/no | Rotary | Calcium hydroxide | Lateral | 2 | 28/43; 27/46; 1 day | 1/43; 1/46; 7 days | |
Weiger et al46 | 73 adults or adolescents | No/both/yes | Hand | Calcium hydroxide | Lateral | NG | 3/36; 2/31; up to 5 years | ||
Wong et al47 | 567 adults | Both/both/mixed | Rotary | Calcium hydroxide | Lateral or core carrier | 2 | 68/275; 88/263; 1 day | ||
Wong et al8 | 228 adults | Both/both/mixed | Rotary | Calcium hydroxide | Core carrier | 2–3 | 25/117; 12/103; 7 days | 13/117; 13/103; 2 years | |
Yoldas et al48 | 218 adults | No/both/retreatment | Both | Calcium hydroxide+CHX | Lateral | 2 | 44/106; 32/112; 7 days | 8/106; 2/112; 7 days |
CHX, chlorhexidine; instr, instrumentation; NG, not given; obtur, obturation.