Methodological quality for systematic reviews of adverse events with surgical interventions: a cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

An increasing number of systematic reviews assessed the safety of surgical interventions over time. How well these systematic reviews were designed and conducted determines the reliability of evidence. In this study, we aimed to assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews on the safety of surgical interventions.

Methods

We searched PubMed for systematic reviews of surgical interventions with safety as the exclusive outcome from 1st-Jan, 2015 to 1st-Jan, 2020. The methodological quality of eligible systematic reviews was evaluated according to the AMSTAR 2.0 instrument. The primary outcomes were the number of methodological weaknesses and the global methodological quality. The proportion of each methodological weakness among eligible systematic reviews

SUBMITTER: Zhou X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8543966 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature