Journal article
Meta-analyses in orthopaedic surgery. A systematic review of their methodologies.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The number and quality of well-designed scientific studies in the orthopaedic literature are limited. The purpose of this review was to determine the methodological qualities of published meta-analyses on orthopaedic-surgery-related topics.
METHODS: A systematic review of meta-analyses was conducted. A search of the Medline database provided lists of meta-analyses in orthopaedics published from 1969 to 1999. Extensive manual …
Authors
Bhandari M; Morrow F; Kulkarni AV; Tornetta P
Journal
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Vol. 83, No. 1, pp. 15–24
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
January 2001
DOI
10.2106/00004623-200101000-00003
ISSN
0021-9355