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Table 5 Quality assessment of studies’ diagnostic accuracy (quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies-2)

Ref.	Patient selection	Index test (laparoscopy)	Reference standard	Flow and timing
Mitchell et al[14], 2023	Low	Low	Low	Low
Halle-Smith et al[13], 2024	Low	Low	Low	Low
Strandby et al[15], 2020	Low	Low	Low	Low
Strandby et al[17], 2016	High	Low	Unclear	Unclear
Mirza et al[16], 2016	High	Low	Unclear	Unclear
Simon et al[18], 2016	Low	Low	Low	Low
Bhatti et al[19], 2014	High	Low	Low	Unclear
Munasinghe et al[20], 2013	Low	Low	Low	Low
Nath et al[21], 2008	Low	Low	Unclear	Unclear
Sarela et al[22], 2006	High	Low	Unclear	Unclear
Clements et al[23], 2004	High	Low	Unclear	Unclear
Menon and Dehn[24], 2003	Low	Low	Low	Low
Nieveen van Dikjum et al[25], 1999	Low	Low	Low	Low
Romijn et al[26], 1998	Low	Low	Low	Low
Stein et al[27], 1997	Low	Low	Low	Low
O´brien et al[28], 1995	Low	Low	Low	Low
Bemelman et al[30], 1995	Low	Low	Low	Low
Dagnini et al[29], 1986	High	Low	Unclear	Unclear