Journal article
Twenty Years of Meta-Analyses in Orthopaedic Surgery
Abstract
BACKGROUND: As the number of studies in the literature is increasing, orthopaedic surgeons highly depend on meta-analyses as their primary source of scientific evidence. The objectives of this review were to assess the scientific quality and number of published meta-analyses on orthopaedics-related topics over time.
METHODS: We conducted, in duplicate and independently, a systematic review of published meta-analyses in orthopaedics in the years …
Authors
Dijkman BG; Abouali JAK; Kooistra BW; Conter HJ; Poolman RW; Kulkarni AV; Tornetta P; Bhandari M
Journal
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Vol. 92, No. 1, pp. 48–57
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
January 2010
DOI
10.2106/jbjs.i.00251
ISSN
0021-9355