Quality assessment of systematic reviews for surgical treatment of low back pain: an overview

Spine Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 667-675

  Martins, Delio Eulalio ^a   Astur, Nelson ^a   Kanas, Michel ^a   Ferretti, Mário ^a   Lenza, Mario ^a   Wajchenberg, Marcelo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Degenerative disc disease; Low back pain; Lumbar spine; Outcome assessment; Surgical procedures; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

A MEASUREMENT TOOL TO ASSESS SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS SCORE; DATA BASE; DATA EXTRACTION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OPERATION DURATION; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREFERRED REPORTING ITEMS FOR SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS AND META ANALYSES STATEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SPONDYLOSIS; STATISTICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; NEUROSURGERY;

HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84962178587     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2016.01.185     Document Type: Review

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