Strategies to improve the credibility of meta-analyses in spine surgery: a systematic survey

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Meta-analyses are powerful tools that can synthesize existing research, inform clinical practice, and support evidence-based care. These studies have become increasingly popular in the spine surgery literature, but the rigor with which they are being conducted has not yet been evaluated. PURPOSE: Our primary objectives were to evaluate the methodological quality (credibility) of spine surgery meta-analyses and to propose …