A critical appraisal of the North American Spine Society guidelines with the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation II instrument

Spine Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 777-781

  Yaman, Mesut Emre ^a   Gudeloglu, Ahmet ^b   Senturk, Salim ^a   Yaman, Nur Dikmen ^c   Tolunay, Tolga ^a   Ozturk, Yasar ^a   Arslan, Arslan Kaʇan ^a  

^a Yenimahalle Education and Research Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

^b Memorial Hospital   (Turkey)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

AGREE; Appraisal; Clinical guidelines; North American Spine Society; Quality; Spine surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEGENERATIVE LUMBAR SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; EVALUATION STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METHODOLOGY; NORTH AMERICAN SPINE SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; STUDY DESIGN; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; SPINE; STANDARDS; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SPINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84925443627     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2015.01.012     Document Type: Article

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