How to Conduct High-Quality Systematic Review and Meta-analysis in Radiology and Interventional Radiology

Systematic reviews and meta-analyses form a secondary research methodology that identifies and critically appraises all the relevant studies that are available in various databases to answer a particular research question in an unbiased and systematic manner. In the pyramid of level of evidence, the...

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Main Authors: Manish Shaw, Sanjiv Sharma
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Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2025-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0044-1793811
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description Systematic reviews and meta-analyses form a secondary research methodology that identifies and critically appraises all the relevant studies that are available in various databases to answer a particular research question in an unbiased and systematic manner. In the pyramid of level of evidence, the systematic review of high-quality studies is placed at the highest hierarchy position. Meta-analysis is the statistical analysis of the systematic review that provides pooled estimates of the effect of individual studies in the systematic review, but sometimes a meta-analysis may not always be possible. This article elaborates the key steps to conduct a high-quality systematic review and meta-analysis in the field of radiology and intervention radiology, which will help the readers to design and conduct them along with to understand and interpret this secondary research.
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spelling doaj-art-f02b0ff2c9a045668e1cf2aa555a5c932025-01-09T23:45:12ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging0971-30261998-38082025-01-0135S 01S128S13510.1055/s-0044-1793811How to Conduct High-Quality Systematic Review and Meta-analysis in Radiology and Interventional RadiologyManish Shaw0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2208-2097Sanjiv Sharma1Department of Interventional Radiology, National Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Jaipur, Rajasthan, IndiaDepartment of Interventional Radiology, NIMSR, Jaipur, Rajasthan, IndiaSystematic reviews and meta-analyses form a secondary research methodology that identifies and critically appraises all the relevant studies that are available in various databases to answer a particular research question in an unbiased and systematic manner. In the pyramid of level of evidence, the systematic review of high-quality studies is placed at the highest hierarchy position. Meta-analysis is the statistical analysis of the systematic review that provides pooled estimates of the effect of individual studies in the systematic review, but sometimes a meta-analysis may not always be possible. This article elaborates the key steps to conduct a high-quality systematic review and meta-analysis in the field of radiology and intervention radiology, which will help the readers to design and conduct them along with to understand and interpret this secondary research.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0044-1793811systematic reviewmeta-analysispooled estimatesevidence-based medicine
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title How to Conduct High-Quality Systematic Review and Meta-analysis in Radiology and Interventional Radiology
title_full How to Conduct High-Quality Systematic Review and Meta-analysis in Radiology and Interventional Radiology
title_fullStr How to Conduct High-Quality Systematic Review and Meta-analysis in Radiology and Interventional Radiology
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title_short How to Conduct High-Quality Systematic Review and Meta-analysis in Radiology and Interventional Radiology
title_sort how to conduct high quality systematic review and meta analysis in radiology and interventional radiology
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meta-analysis
pooled estimates
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