User's guide to a meta-analysis about an orthopaedic implant

Journal of Long-Term Effects of Medical Implants

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 121-133

  Quigley, Laura ^a   Sprague, Sheila ^a   Petrisor, Brad ^a   Bhandari, Mohit ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; Meta analysis; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ORTHOPEDICS;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; META-ANALYSES; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; USER'S GUIDE;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; ORTHOPEDICS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS;

EID: 41949086333     PISSN: 10506934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JLongTermEffMedImplants.v17.i2.50     Document Type: Review

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