What Evidence Underlies Clinical Practice in Paediatric Surgery? A Systematic Review Assessing Choice of Study Design.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Identify every paediatric surgical article published in 1998 and every paediatric surgical article published in 2013, and determine which study designs were used and whether they were appropriate for robustly assessing interventions in surgical conditions.

Methods

A systematic review was conducted according to a pre-specified protocol (CRD42014007629), using EMBASE and Medline. Non-English language studies were excluded. Studies were included if meeting population criteria and either condition or intervention criteria.

Population

Children under the age of 18, or adults who underwent intervention for a condition managed by paediatric surgeons when they were under 18 years of age.

Condition

One managed by general paediatric surgeons.

Intervention

SUBMITTER: Allin B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4784961 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature