The usage of drainage after primary total hip or knee arthroplasty: best evidence selection and risk of bias considerations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Numerous systematic reviews investigating the benefit of the usage of drainage after primary total hip or knee arthroplasty have been published with divergent conclusions. We aim to determine the best available evidence and consider risk of bias of these articles and to provide recommendations.

Methods

A systematic search of systematic reviews published through to May 2020 was performed in MEDLINE, EMBASE and Cochrane library. Methodological quality, risk of bias and best evidence choice of included articles were evaluated by AMSTAR instrument, ROBIS tool and Jadad decision algorithm, respectively. We selected systematic reviews with high methodological quality and low risk of bias ultimately as best evidence.

Results

Twelve meta-analyses were included last

SUBMITTER: Long H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8656000 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature