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Table 2 Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) quality assessment of the selected articles

From: The effects of varicocelectomy on the DNA fragmentation index and other sperm parameters: a meta-analysis

References

Study design

NOS

Quality

Abdelbaki et al. [19].

Prospective

8

High

Alhathal et al. [20].

Prospective

8

High

Ghazi et al. [21].

Prospective

8

High

La Vignera et al. [22].

Prospective

8

High

Li et al. [23].

Prospective

8

High

Zini et al. [24].

Prospective

8

High

Smit et al. [25].

Prospective

8

High