Systematic reviews with meta-analysis of clinical trials: Is there enough evidence?

Systematic reviews with meta-analysis are essential tools to reliably summarize the effectiveness of health interventions. A meta-analysis based exclusively on a small number of trials will often not be conclusive or may yield false positive results. The estimation of the optimal information size (O...

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Published in:Cirugia española (English ed.) 2020-01, Vol.98 (1), p.4-8
Main Authors: Garcia-Alamino, Josep M, Lopez-Cano, Manuel
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