Follow-up and Outcome
EVANS
The primary outcome of this trial was the survival of the interventions. Participants were scheduled for clinical examination 6 and 12 months after the interventions. They were reminded of their follow-up visits by phone calls or messages 30, 15, and 7 days prior to the scheduled return date. Additionally, during the month of the return, efforts were made to reschedule any missed appointments. Participants who could not attend were considered dropouts for follow-up. The examiners and operators of the interventions were the same. The training consisted of three hours of theoretical lectures with photograph evaluations.The criterion proposed by Innes, Evans, Stirrups