Figure 5

Funnel plot for publication bias. (A) Begg’s funnel plots and Egger’s test (B) of mortality. Begg’s funnel plots (C) and Egger’s test (D) of complications. (E) Duval and Tweedie nonparametric “trim and fill” method of accounting for publication bias for implant-related complications. There were no publication bias for mortality, complications and implant-related complications among these studies.