Rationalising animal research synthesis in orthopaedic literature.

Animal research Evidence synthesis Meta-analysis Orthopaedics in vivo

Journal

World journal of methodology
ISSN: 2222-0682
Titre abrégé: World J Methodol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101628739

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
20 May 2021
Historique:
received: 02 01 2021
revised: 05 02 2021
accepted: 12 03 2021
entrez: 24 5 2021
pubmed: 25 5 2021
medline: 25 5 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Systematic reviews in orthopaedic literature are frequently criticised for offering inconsistent conclusions. On top of that, high-quality randomized human evidence on crucial orthopaedic topics is more often than not lacking. In this situation, pooling animal literature could offer an excellent insight into unanswered critical clinical questions, thus potentially improving healthcare. In this paper, we sought to present the rationale and basic principles governing meta-analysis of animal research. More specifically, we elaborated on the available evidence-based methods to achieve a scientifically sound animal data synthesis. In addition, we discussed result interpretation, strength of recommendations and clinical implications based on the results of these meta-analytic modalities.

Identifiants

pubmed: 34026580
doi: 10.5662/wjm.v11.i3.75
pmc: PMC8127423
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Review

Langues

eng

Pagination

75-80

Informations de copyright

©The Author(s) 2021. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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Auteurs

Konstantinos Tsikopoulos (K)

Orthopaedic Department, Harrogate and District Foundation Trust, Harrogate HG2 7SX, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom. kostastsikop@gmail.com.

Konstantinos Sidiropoulos (K)

Orthopaedic Department, General Hospital of Serres, Serres 62120, Greece.

Dimitrios Kitridis (D)

First Orthopedic Department of Aristotle University, G. Papanikolaou General Hospital, Thessaloniki 55210, Greece.

Lorenzo Drago (L)

Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Biochemical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Milan 20164, Italy.

Rakesh Ebnezar (R)

Orthopaedic Department, Harrogate and District Foundation Trust, Harrogate HG2 7SX, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom.

David Lavalette (D)

Orthopaedic Department, Harrogate and District Foundation Trust, Harrogate HG2 7SX, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom.

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