Letter to the Editor in response to: "A critical appraisal of the North American Spine Society guidelines with the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation II instrument"

Affiliations

¹ NASS Evidence Compilation and Analysis Chair, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
² NASS Clinical Research Development Chair, Department of Neurosurgery, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington, MA, USA.
³ NASS Evidence-Based Guideline Development Committee Co-Chair, Neurosurgery & Neurology, LLC, Chesterfield, MO, USA.
⁴ NASS Evidence-Based Guideline Development Committee Co-Chair, Ahwatukee Sports & Spine, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
⁵ NASS Research Council Director, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.

Comment

Charles H Cho et al. Spine J. 2015.

. 2015 Oct 1;15(10):2300-1.

doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2015.06.022.

¹ NASS Evidence Compilation and Analysis Chair, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
² NASS Clinical Research Development Chair, Department of Neurosurgery, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington, MA, USA.
³ NASS Evidence-Based Guideline Development Committee Co-Chair, Neurosurgery & Neurology, LLC, Chesterfield, MO, USA.
⁴ NASS Evidence-Based Guideline Development Committee Co-Chair, Ahwatukee Sports & Spine, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
⁵ NASS Research Council Director, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.

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Comment on

AGREE II: advancing guideline development, reporting and evaluation in health care.
Brouwers MC, Kho ME, Browman GP, Burgers JS, Cluzeau F, Feder G, Fervers B, Graham ID, Grimshaw J, Hanna SE, Littlejohns P, Makarski J, Zitzelsberger L; AGREE Next Steps Consortium. Brouwers MC, et al. CMAJ. 2010 Dec 14;182(18):E839-42. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.090449. Epub 2010 Jul 5. CMAJ. 2010. PMID: 20603348 Free PMC article. Review. No abstract available.
A critical appraisal of the North American Spine Society guidelines with the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation II instrument.
Yaman ME, Gudeloglu A, Senturk S, Yaman ND, Tolunay T, Ozturk Y, Arslan AK. Yaman ME, et al. Spine J. 2015 Apr 1;15(4):777-81. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2015.01.012. Epub 2015 Jan 19. Spine J. 2015. PMID: 25614152