Clinical outcome analysis for surgical fixation versus conservative treatment on rib fractures: a systematic evaluation and meta-analysis by Penglong Zhao, Qiyue Ge, Haotian Zheng, Jing Luo, Xiaobin Song, Liwen Hu

“…Methods We searched six online databases (PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, Cochrane Library, and the Sino-American Clinical Trials Database) for literature published between June 2004 and June 2024. The Cochrane Collaboration Risk of Bias 2 (RoB 2) and the Newcastle–Ottawa Scale (NOS) tool were employed to assess methodological quality, and relative risks (RR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated to evaluate the outcome measures. …”
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Association of Depression/Anxiety Symptoms with Neck Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Literature in China by Fushui Liu, Ting Fang, Fanyuan Zhou, Meimei Zhao, Mei Chen, Jianyu You, Yuli Jin, Jinmei Xie, Zhongyong Liu

“…Meta-analysis was conducted by the Cochrane Collaboration’s RevMan 5.3 and Stata 14.0 (Stata Corp LP, USA) software. …”
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How Reliable Is Endoscopic Scoring of Postoperative Recurrence in Crohn Disease?: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Eline M. L. van der Does de Willebois, MD, Vittoria Bellato, MD, Marjolijn Duijvestein, MD, PhD, Susan van Dieren, MD, PhD, Silvio Danese, MD, PhD, Pierpaolo Sileri, MD, PhD, Christianne J. Buskens, MD, PhD, Andrea Vignali, MD, PhD, Willem A. Bemelman, MD, PhD

“…The Newcastle–Ottawa Quality Assessment Scale and Cochrane Collaboration’s tool were used to assess risk of bias. …”
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Does completion of radical hysterectomy improve oncological outcomes of women with clinical early-stage cervical cancer and intraoperative detection of nodal involvement?: protocol... by Hui Xu, Qing Liu, Yu Xu, Yi Du, Ai Zheng, Cui Hu, Ya Jia, Qianwen Zhang, Yue-Dong He, Shuang-Shuang Cui, Yong Tian, Lin Ran, Fengmei Ke

“…The risk of bias for the included studies will be evaluated using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale or the Cochrane collaboration’s tool. The grade of evidence will be evaluated by two independent members of our team using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluations approach.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval is not required because there will no primary data collected. …”
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Impact of mother’s own milk expression practices and processing treatments on infant health and growth outcomes: a systematic review protocol by Daniel Klotz, Carolyn Smith, Agnieszka Bzikowska-Jura, Marzia Giribaldi, Tanya Cassidy, Laura Cavallarin, Serena Gandino, Karolina Karcz, Chiara Peila, Bartłomiej Walczak, Aleksandra Wesolowska

“…The present protocol was designed to gather the evidence on the effect that the expression method, the hygiene regimen and setting and any processing used on expressed MOM can have on the clinical outcomes of recipient infants.Methods This systematic review will follow the methodological recommendations of the Cochrane Collaboration, in accordance with WHO recommendations and Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. …”
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Effects of open-skill exercise on executive functions in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Shunding Hu, Peng Shi, Ziyun Zhang, Xiaosu Feng, Kai Zhang, Kai Zhang, Kai Zhang, Teng Jin

“…Two researchers independently screened the articles and extracted data, and used the bias risk assessment tool recommended by the Cochrane Collaboration Network and the Methodological Index for Non- Randomized Studies (MINORS) scale to assess included randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and quasi-experimental designs (QEDs). …”
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Process Evaluations of Interventions for the Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes in Women With Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Systematic Review by Iklil Iman Mohd Sa'id, Natasha Hotung, Madeleine Benton, Iliatha Papachristou Nadal, Anisah Baharom, Matthew Prina, Barakatun Nisak Mohd Yusof, Kimberley Goldsmith, Samantha Birts, Ching Siew Mooi, Angus Forbes, Khalida Ismail, Boon How Chew

“…Five electronic bibliographic databases (Cochrane Library, Cochrane Collaboration Registry of Controlled Trials, Embase, PubMed, and MEDLINE) were searched to identify relevant studies. …”
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Surgical resection, radiotherapy and percutaneous thermal ablation for treatment of stage 1 non-small cell lung cancer: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis by Arun Chockalingam, Menelaos Konstantinidis, Brandon Koo, John Timothy Moon, Andrew Tran, Sahar Nourouzpour, Emily Lawson, Kathleen Fox, Peiman Habibollahi, Bruno Odisio, Mohammed Loya, Ali Bassir, Nariman Nezami

“…Risk of bias will be assessed using tools developed by the Cochrane collaboration. Two reviewers will independently assess the eligibility of studies and conduct the corresponding risk of bias assessments. …”
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The dose–effect relationship between acupuncture and its effect on primary insomnia: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Xiaoni Zhang, Xiaoni Zhang, Yue Wang, Chengyong Liu, Shan Qin, Liyu Lin, Liyu Lin, Can Dong, Wenzhong Wu, Wenzhong Wu, Zhaoming Chen

“…Risk of bias was assessed using Cochrane Collaboration’s risk of bias tool. Meta-analyses were performed using RevMan v.5.4 and Stata 16.0 software.ResultsA total of 56 studies were included. …”
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Nasogastric Nutrition versus Nasojejunal Nutrition in Patients with Severe Acute Pancreatitis: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Youfeng Zhu, Haiyan Yin, Rui Zhang, Xiaoling Ye, Jianrui Wei

“…We performed the meta-analysis using the Cochrane Collaborations’ RevMan 5.3 software. Results. We included four randomized controlled trials involving 237 patients with SAP. …”
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