Quality Assessment and Risk of Bias of Systematic Reviews of Prophylactic Mesh for Parastomal Hernia Prevention Using AMSTAR and ROBIS Tools

Ref ID 320
First Author J. M. Garcia-Alamino
Journal WORLD JOURNAL OF SURGERY
Year Of Publishing 2019
URL https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00268-019-05139-z.pdf
Keywords Surgery
Low methodological quality
Problem(s) Low methodological (AMSTAR) quality
Number of systematic reviews included 14
Summary of Findings Less than half of the included systematic reviews (43%) of prophylactic mesh for preventing parastomal hernia showed high methodologic quality and 57% were of low quality. Using the ROBIS tool, the overall risk of bias was low in 50% of the reviews analysed. In the remaining studies, the risk of bias was unclear.
Did the article find that the problem(s) led to qualitative changes in interpretation of the results? Not Applicable
Are the methods of the article described in enough detail to replicate the study? No