Table 1. Characteristics of Included Studies

First author Year Country Study Design Sample Size (Intervention/Control) Type of Olfactory Dysfunction
Im et al.16) 2024 South Korea Case Report 1 Unspecified
Jiang et al.21) 2023 Taiwan Randomized Controlled Trial 78 (38/40) Post-traumatic
Bhat et al.11) 2023 India Case Report 1 Post-viral (COVID-19)
Ono et al.4) 2022 Japan Retrospective Cohort Study 87 (52/35) Post-viral (COVID-19)
Morita et al.13) 2022 Japan Case Report 2 Post-viral (COVID-19)
Drews et al.10) 2022 Germany Randomized Controlled Trial 60 (30/30) Post-viral
Takayama et al.5) 2021 Japan Case Report 5 Post-viral (COVID-19)
Hunter et al.17) 2021 United Kingdom Case Report 1 Post-viral
Park et al.12) 2019 South Korea Retrospective Observational Study 16 post-viral, sinonasal, traumatic, unknown
Kang et al.18). 2018 South Korea Case Report 2 Sinonasal (chronic rhinosinusitis)
Jeon et al.19) 2017 South Korea Case Report 2 Post-viral, Sinonasal
Moon et al.20) 2017 South Korea Case Report 1 Post-viral
Vent et al.22) 2010 Germany Retrospective Cohort Study 30 (15/15) Post-viral