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Systematic reviews in surgery: recommendations from the Study Center of the German Society of Surgery

Background Systematic reviews are an important tool of evidence-based surgery. Surgical systematic reviews and trials, however, require a special methodological approach. - Purpose This article provides recommendations for conducting state-of-the-art systematic reviews in surgery with or without met...

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Main Authors: Kalkum, Eva (Author) , Klotz, Rosa (Author) , Seide, Svenja (Author) , Hüttner, Felix (Author) , Kowalewski, Karl-Friedrich (Author) , Nickel, Felix (Author) , Khajeh, Elias (Author) , Knebel, Phillip (Author) , Diener, Markus K. (Author) , Probst, Pascal (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 15 June 2021
In: Langenbeck's archives of surgery
Year: 2021, Volume: 406, Issue: 6, Pages: 1723-1731
ISSN:1435-2451
DOI:10.1007/s00423-021-02204-x
Online Access:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00423-021-02204-x
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Author Notes:Eva Kalkum, Rosa Klotz, Svenja Seide, Felix J. Hüttner, Karl-Friedrich Kowalewski, Felix Nickel, Elias Khajeh, Phillip Knebel, Markus K. Diener & Pascal Probst
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Summary:Background Systematic reviews are an important tool of evidence-based surgery. Surgical systematic reviews and trials, however, require a special methodological approach. - Purpose This article provides recommendations for conducting state-of-the-art systematic reviews in surgery with or without meta-analysis. - Conclusions For systematic reviews in surgery, MEDLINE (via PubMed), Web of Science, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) should be searched. Critical appraisal is at the core of every surgical systematic review, with information on blinding, industry involvement, surgical experience, and standardisation of surgical technique holding special importance. Due to clinical heterogeneity among surgical trials, the random-effects model should be used as a default. In the experience of the Study Center of the German Society of Surgery, adherence to these recommendations yields high-quality surgical systematic reviews.
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ISSN:1435-2451
DOI:10.1007/s00423-021-02204-x

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