[PDF] Top 20 A meta-analysis of randomized control trials of surgical methods with osteosarcoma outcomes

... The outcome of measurement used in our study was local recurrence and 5-year overall survival rate, which were all dichotomous data. We used the software of the Cochrane Collaboration (ReviewManager5.2) to calculate odds ... See full document

... We start with a standard BK-Plot (Figure 1, left side) based on hypothetical scenarios. The BK-Plot was originally developed as a graphical approach to explain Simpson's Paradox [7,8] and extended to other problems [9]. ... See full document

... The DM2 is regarded nowadays as a worldwide epidemic. According to the WHO(World Health Organization) the global upcoming estimative of the number of people with DM2 will reach 366 million in the year 2030 [13]. DM2 (a ... See full document

... this meta-analysis. Materials and methods: By searching the PubMed, Embase and the Cochrane Library (last update by July 20, 2017), randomized controlled trials comparing the analgesic ... See full document

... treatment methods for patients with early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who are not suitable for ...this meta-analysis was performed to more thoroughly evaluate the effects of these treatments ... See full document

... The RevMan5.2 software (The Cochrane Collaboration, Oxford, UK) was used for the meta-analysis. For all dichotomous variables, the odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence inter- val (CI) was calculated. For ... See full document

... POCD. Methods: Medline, Embase, Ovid, Cochrane Library, Google Scholar, CNKI, and Wan-fang databases were ...20 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were ...current meta-analysis shows ... See full document

... This meta-analysis was performed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of saxagliptin and met- formin as initial combination therapy in patients with type 2 ...diabetes. Methods: A ... See full document

... the outcomes men- tioned above, patient satisfaction, postoperative heartburn and dysphagia were regarded as primary outcome parame- ters, and the others were regarded as secondary outcome ... See full document

... and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCT) evaluating the effect of local Paclitaxel delivery/drug eluting balloons (DEB) (+/ − bare metal stent) compared to current standard ... See full document

... this meta-analysis if they met the following criteria: 1) study design: randomized controlled trials and each study to have at least 1-year follow-up; 2) investigated currently used ... See full document

... 6 Surgical clipping is the primary treatment for aneurysms of the MCA in most ...for surgical clipping in unruptured ...this meta-analysis of randomized and nonrandomized con- trolled ... See full document

... (1) randomized controlled trials, (2) exercise intervention ≥ 24 weeks, (3) comparative control group, (4) postmenopausal women, (5) participants not regularly active, ...simple ... See full document

... on randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of Wenxin keli used in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases were screened, and its indications were ...classified. Meta-analysis of these studies was ... See full document

... Clinical Trials Registry Platform. We will use a validated randomized control trial search filter to identify studies evaluating any strategy to optimize sedation in mechanically ventilated adult ... See full document

... All outcomes were expressed as RR with 95% CI. The Cochrane Q x 2 test was used to detect heterogeneity of the effects, significant heterogeneity was defined as a P value of <0.05. A fixed-effects model or ... See full document

... previous meta-analysis included continuous infusion of aminoglycosides and vancomycin, making it difficult to isolate the benefit of b-lactams ...sub-group analysis of only studies exam- ining ... See full document

... this meta-analysis to compare the clinical efficacy of rate and rhythm control strategies in patients with AF in a meta-analysis ...rhythm control strategies in terms of ... See full document

... the meta-analysis: (a) original data from randomized and non-randomized clinical trials; (b) study on the efficacy of conventional doses of Peg-IFN α -2a (180 μ g/week) versus Peg-IFN α ... See full document

... and methods: We performed a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials published from January 2007 to December 2016 in the databases Web of Science, Medline, Embase, Cochrane ... See full document