An overview and methodological assessment of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of enhanced recovery programmes in colorectal surgery

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Chambers, Duncan ^a   Paton, Fiona ^a   Wilson, Paul ^a   Eastwood, Alison ^a   Craig, Dawn ^a   Fox, Dave ^a   Jayne, David ^b   McGinnes, Erika ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONVALESCENCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); ABDOMINAL SURGERY; COLON; EVALUATION STUDY; LITERATURE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECTUM; STANDARDS; SURGERY;

COLON; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECTUM; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84901938303     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005014     Document Type: Review

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