Synthesis of the clinical utilities and issues of intraoperative imaging devices in clinical reports: a systematic review and thematic synthesis

Table 1 Research mapping based on the developed themes of the clinical utilities and issues of iOCT in retinal surgery

Studies	i) Alternation of critical decision-making			ii) Utility of the microsurgical procedures		iii) Troubles or interruptions
	1_Identification of necessary additional or alternative surgical manoeuvres	2_Prevention of unnecessary surgical manoeuvres	3_Identification of the preoperatively undetected lesions	1_Deep understanding of the microanatomy for the accurate execution of the surgical procedure or clear observation of the target lesions	2_Confirmation of completion of the surgical procedure	1_Device malfunction	2_Interruption of operation for image acquisition	3_Contamination
Abraham et al. [15]	*			*		*
Ehlers et al. [11]	*	*	*	*	*
Ehlers et al. [17]	*	*	*	*	*		*
Ehlers et al. [18]	*	*			*		*
Ehlers et al. [19]	*	*		*	*	*		*
Ehlers et al. [20]	*	*	*	*		*	*
Ehlers et al. [21]	*	*
Gabr et al. [12]	*	*		*
Khan et al. [22]	*	*	*	*	*	*
Kumar et al. [16]	*	*		*		*		*
Pfau et al. [23]	*			*			*
Runkle et al. [24]	*	*	*		*	*
Tao et al. [25]	*						*
Yee et al. [26]	*	*				*	*
Zakir et al. [27]	*			*	*

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