Can you trust clinical practice guidelines for laparoscopic surgery? A systematic review of clinical practice guidelines for laparoscopic surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clinical practice guidelines aim to support clinicians in providing clinical care and should be supported by evidence. There is currently no information on whether clinical practice guidelines in laparoscopic surgery are supported by evidence.

Methods

We performed a systematic review and identified clinical practice guidelines of laparoscopic surgery published in PubMed and Embase between March 2016 and February 2019. We performed an independent assessment of the strength of recommendation based on the evidence provided by the guideline authors. We used the 'Appraisal of Guidelines for Research & Evaluation II' (AGREE-II) Tool's 'rigour of development', 'clarity of presentation', and 'editorial independence' domains to assess the quality of the guidelines. We perf

SUBMITTER: Leung J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8995291 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature