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. 2016 Nov;36(10):1198-1201.

doi: 10.1093/asj/sjw172.

What is Wrong With Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: If You Want the Right Answer, Ask the Right Question!

Achilleas Thoma¹, Felmont F Eaves 3rd¹

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¹ Dr Thoma is a Clinical Professor, Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery; Associate Member, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; and Evidence-Based Medicine Section Co-editor for Aesthetic Surgery Journal. Dr Eaves is a Professor of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Emory University; Medical Director of the Emory Aesthetic Center and Emory Ambulatory Surgery Center, Atlanta, GA, USA; and Evidence-Based Medicine Section Co-editor for Aesthetic Surgery Journal.

PMID: 27756743
DOI: 10.1093/asj/sjw172

What is Wrong With Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: If You Want the Right Answer, Ask the Right Question!

Achilleas Thoma et al. Aesthet Surg J. 2016 Nov.

. 2016 Nov;36(10):1198-1201.

doi: 10.1093/asj/sjw172.

Authors

Achilleas Thoma¹, Felmont F Eaves 3rd¹

Affiliation

¹ Dr Thoma is a Clinical Professor, Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery; Associate Member, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; and Evidence-Based Medicine Section Co-editor for Aesthetic Surgery Journal. Dr Eaves is a Professor of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Emory University; Medical Director of the Emory Aesthetic Center and Emory Ambulatory Surgery Center, Atlanta, GA, USA; and Evidence-Based Medicine Section Co-editor for Aesthetic Surgery Journal.

PMID: 27756743
DOI: 10.1093/asj/sjw172

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Carloni R, Naudet F, Watier E, Bertheuil N. Carloni R, et al. Aesthet Surg J. 2017 Feb;37(2):NP22-NP23. doi: 10.1093/asj/sjw230. Epub 2017 Jan 3. Aesthet Surg J. 2017. PMID: 28052907 No abstract available.

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