A comprehensive search was performed in the PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Library Scopus bibliographic databases, from inception until 8 January 2021, in collaboration with a medical librarian (L.S.). Search terms included controlled terms (MesH in PubMed and Emtree in Embase) and free text terms. In the Cochrane Library, we only used free text. The following terms were used (including synonyms and closely related words) as index terms or free-text words: “maxillary reconstruction”, “computer-assisted surgery”, and “accuracy”. A search filter was used to limit the results to humans and adults. The search was performed without date or language restrictions. Additionally, a manual search was performed in order to find additional relevant studies in the reference lists of the included studies. Duplicate articles were excluded. The full search strategies for all databases can be found in Table S1.
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