Regarding “A systematic review and meta-analysis of one-stage versus two-stage brachiobasilic arteriovenous fistula creation”

We read with great interest a systematic review and meta-analysis of one-stage vs two-stage brachiobasilic arteriovenous fistula creation published in the July 2018 issue of the Journal of Vascular Surgery.1 The review authors found an insignificant difference in all but one of their defined primary outcomes (2-year primary patency). They present the results of their significant finding (2-year primary patency) in a forest plot (Fig  2 in the review authors' paper). We would like to make the following remarks on the methodology of the study.

Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - July 22, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: George A. Antoniou, George S. Georgiadis Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research