Temple Claire
Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
Ann Plast Surg. 2010 Apr;64(4):506-9. doi: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3181b95059.
Meta-analyses are useful tools for clinicians to remain current in their field of study. Meta-analyses are used to gain statistical power through the pooling of results from multiple smaller studies. As the highest level of evidence is considered meta-analysis of high-quality randomized-controlled trials, it is important that the plastic surgeons understand the methodology behind a meta-analysis-herein lies the goal of this article.
荟萃分析是临床医生了解其研究领域最新进展的有用工具。荟萃分析通过汇总多项较小研究的结果来提高统计效力。由于最高级别的证据被认为是高质量随机对照试验的荟萃分析，因此整形外科医生了解荟萃分析背后的方法很重要——这就是本文的目的所在。
