Overlapping systematic reviews of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction comparing hamstring autograft with bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft: why are they different?

Ref ID 652
First Author R. W. Poolman
Journal JBJS
Year Of Publishing 2007
URL https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17606794/
Keywords Surgery
Spin
Overlapping reviews/redundancy
Problem(s) Spin or subjective interpretation of findings
Redundant / overlapping / duplicated review question; leads to research waste
Number of systematic reviews included 11
Summary of Findings New “overlapping” systematic reviews were conducted without citation of previously published reviews on the same topic and the methodological quality of the reviews (QUOROM) was variable
Did the article find that the problem(s) led to qualitative changes in interpretation of the results? Yes
Are the methods of the article described in enough detail to replicate the study? Yes