Framework for a living systematic review and meta-analysis for the surgical treatment of bladder cancer: introducing EVIglance to urology.
Victoria L S WielandDaniel UysalPascal ProbstMaurizio GrilliCaelán M HaneyMarie A Sidoti AbateLuisa EgenManuel NeubergerGiovanni E CacciamaniMaximilian C KriegmairMaurice S MichelKarl-Friedrich KowalewskiPublished in: International journal of surgery protocols (2023)
A regularly updated evidence map provides professionals and patients with an open-access knowledge base on the current state of research, allowing for decision-making based on recent evidence. It will help identify an oversupply of evidence, thus avoiding redundant work. Furthermore, by identifying research gaps, new hypotheses can be formulated more precisely, enabling planning, determination of sample size, and definition of endpoints for future trials.