Author Contributors
HT and J-HL designed the study and wrote the manuscript. HT and H-FG
wrote and registered the study protocol. H-FG and HH developed the
search strategy and completed the literature search. HT and J-HL
formulated the definitions for pathological protocols, designed the
questionnaire survey, and contacted the authors. HT, H-FG, HH and J-HL
reviewed the literature search results and extracted data. J-PC and H-YZ
did the quality assessment. J-PC, X-KZ, and J-PY did the methodological
judgement. H-FG, HH and H-YZ developed the statistical analysis methods.
K-JL, HY, and KS provided original data. All authors reviewed the
manuscript and provided contributions to the interpretation of the data.