How-To Create an Orthopaedic Systematic Review: A Step-by-Step Guide Part II: Study Execution

Systematic reviews are the apex of the evidence-based pyramid, representing the strongest form of evidence synthesizing results from multiple primary studies. In particular, a quantitative systematic review, or meta-analysis, pools results from multiple studies to help answer a respective research question. The aim of this review is to serve as a guide on how to: 1) design; 2) execute, and 3) publish an orthopaedic arthroplasty systematic review. In Part II, we focus on methods to assess data quality through the Cochrane Risk of Bias, Methodological Index for Non-Randomized Studies (MINORS) criteria, or Newcastle-Ottawa scale; enumerate various methods for appropriate data interpretation and analysis; and summarize how to convert respective findings to a publishable manuscript (providing a previously published example).

Source: The Journal of Arthroplasty - April 29, 2024 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Mitchell K. Ng, Matthew Magruder, Nicolas S. Piuzzi, Nathanael Heckmann, Ronald E. Delanois, Viktor E. Krebs, Michael A. Mont Source Type: research