Meta-analyses in joint arthroplasty: A review of quantity, quality, and impact

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 2304-2309

  Sharma, Rajrishi ^a   Vannabouathong, Christopher ^a   Bains, Simrit ^a   Marshall, Amanda ^b   MacDonald, Steven J ^c   Parvizi, Javad ^d   Bhandari, Mohit ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON; OXMAN AND GUYATT CHECKLIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREFERRED REPORTING ITEM FOR SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84855409949     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.J.01289     Document Type: Article

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