A guide to interpreting systematic reviews and meta-analyses in neurosurgery and surgery.

Ignatius N EseneOurlad Alzeus G TantengcoFaith C RobertsonMegan E H StillAlvan-Emeka K UkachukwuRonnie E BaticulonErnest J BarthélemyDaniela Perez-ChadidLaura LippaAna Cristina Veiga SilvaLuxwell JokonyaFahd D HassaniFederico NicolosiBerjo D TakoutsingJeff NtalajaSamer S HozKazadi K N KalanguGilbert DechambenoitFranco ServadeiNajia El AbbadiKee B ParkAngelos Kolias

Published in: Acta neurochirurgica (2024)

There is a paucity of pragmatic guides to appraise MAs for surgeons who are non-statisticians. This article serves as a detailed guide for the interpretation of systematic reviews and meta-analyses with examples of applications for clinical neurosurgeons.

Keyphrases

meta analyses
systematic review
randomized controlled trial
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coronary artery bypass
quality improvement
study protocol
surgical site infection
thoracic surgery
clinical trial
percutaneous coronary intervention