Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Randomized Controlled Trials on Perioperative Outcomes: An Urgent Need for Critical Reappraisal

Affiliations

¹ From the Department for Surgical Pathophysiology, Rigshospitalet Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark; and Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.

Review

Henrik Kehlet et al. Anesth Analg. 2015 Oct.

. 2015 Oct;121(4):1104-1107.

doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000000687.

¹ From the Department for Surgical Pathophysiology, Rigshospitalet Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark; and Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.

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