| Ref ID | 219 |
| First Author | T. D. Vreugdenburg |
| Journal | EUROPEAN UROLOGY |
| Year Of Publishing | 2018 |
| URL | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29273408/ |
| Keywords |
• Publication bias • Expertise • Grey literature • Protocols • Searching • Risk of bias • Surgery • Single reviewer • Low methodological quality • Transparency • Disclosure |
| Problem(s) |
• Low methodological (AMSTAR) quality • Conflict of interest statement or disclosures for review authors missing • Conflicts of interest or funding of included studies not assessed • No quality assessment undertaken or reported • Poor consideration of publication bias • No registered or published protocol • Insufficient literature searches • Grey literature excluded • Reasons for excluding potentially eligible studies not provided • Single reviewer / lack of double checking • Lack of statistical expertise in handling of quantitative data |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | Australia |
| Checklists |
• PRISMA 2009 • AMSTAR 1 |
| Aim | A research letter to highlight the methodological quality (AMSTAR) and reporting quality (PRISMA) of systematic reviews of prostate artery embolization published up to December 2016. |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | From the 9 included systematic reviews of prostate artery embolization, the median AMSTAR score was 4 out of 11 (range 0–7). None of the reviews included were prospectively registered on PROSPERO. The most common methodological concerns were related to comprehensive searches (33.3%), inclusion of grey literature (0.0%), and evaluation of publication bias (0.0%). |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 9 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 536 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | Not Applicable |
| Interpretation impacted description |