| Evidence-based oral and maxillofacial surgery. | |
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PMID: 18423289 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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PURPOSE: The amount and quality of research evidence in oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMFS) journals have never been evaluated. The current study aims to empirically assess the evidence available in this literature. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The main (Database 1) and neighboring (Database 2) journals of OMFS were manually screened over a 3-year period (2004 to 2006). The types and designs of articles were recorded. The identified randomized, controlled trials (RCTs) were further evaluated for issues of reported methodological quality. RESULTS: In total, 3,487 articles were analyzed. Meta-analyses and RCTs were very rare. Only 2 meta-analyses of RCTs were identified, and RCTs represented a mere 1.3% in each database. Case series and case reports were the dominant article types (1,388, or 59%, for Database 1; 686, or 60.1%, for Database 2). Basic research, laboratory and animal studies, had an important share of 19% and 15.4% in both databases, respectively. An equally high percentage was recorded for nonsystematic reviews, personal views, expert opinions, and editorials (15.9% and 19% for Database 1 and Database 2, respectively). Of the 46 identified RCTs, most of them enrolled less than 100 patients (37 studies, or 80.5%). The majority of them did not describe the randomization mode (27 studies, or 59%), did not present power calculations (31 studies, or 67.4%), and did not report allocation concealment (38 studies, or 79.5%). Almost half of them made no mention of masking (22 studies, or 48%), and only one third described withdrawals during follow-up (15 studies, or 32.6%). CONCLUSION: The OMFS literature suffers from a relative shortage of high-quality evidence. More, larger, adequately powered, and better reported RCTs are warranted. |
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Authors:
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Panayiotis A Kyzas |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Evaluation Studies; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery : official journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Volume: 66 ISSN: 1531-5053 ISO Abbreviation: J. Oral Maxillofac. Surg. Publication Date: 2008 May |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-04-21 Completed Date: 2008-05-05 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8206428 Medline TA: J Oral Maxillofac Surg Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 973-86 Citation Subset: AIM; D; IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ninewells Hospital, National Health System Tayside, Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom. kyzasp@hol.gr |
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Bibliometrics* Dental Research / standards* Editorial Policies Evidence-Based Medicine* Humans Journalism, Dental / standards* Meta-Analysis as Topic Periodicals as Topic / standards Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic Surgery, Oral / standards* |
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