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November 17, 2021Asian Journal of SurgeryOpen Access

The methodological quality of surgical randomized controlled trials: A cross-sectional systemic review

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Key result

Among 141 systematic reviews of surgical RCTs published in 2017, 89.4% were of critically low methodological quality according to AMSTAR 2 criteria.

Why the study?

Flaws in the design, conduct, and analyses of systematic reviews can lead to erroneous conclusions and research waste, motivating an assessment of critical weaknesses in systematic reviews of surgical interventions.

Population

141 systematic reviews of surgical RCTs published in 2017

Design

Cross-sectional survey

Authors

JYJiajie YuNorth Sichuan Medical UniversityZYZhengyue YangSun Yat-sen UniversityYZYou ZhangSoochow University

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Implication

Clinicians should scrutinize AMSTAR 2 ratings before using surgical systematic reviews; challenges the reliability of most published evidence syntheses.

Study Design

Type

Cross-Sectional (n=141)

Structured PICO

P
Population
141 systematic reviews of surgical RCTs published in 2017 were evaluated for methodological quality using AMSTAR 2.
E
Exposure
Methodological quality assessment using AMSTAR 2
O
Outcome
Methodological quality of systematic reviews

The methodological quality of systematic reviews of surgical RCTs is suboptimal, with nearly 90% rated as critically low quality, highlighting the need for substantial improvement.

Cite This Study

Yu et al. (2021) conducted a cross-sectional in Systematic reviews of surgical RCTs (n=141). AMSTAR 2 methodological quality assessment was evaluated on Methodological quality. Among 141 systematic reviews of surgical RCTs published in 2017, 89.4% were of critically low methodological quality according to AMSTAR 2 criteria.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a88319d3fe66a1452bc0547https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asjsur.2021.10.021
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