Gülpınar Ömer, Güçlü Adil Güçal
Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine İbni Sina Hospital, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey.
Turk J Urol. 2013 Sep;39(Suppl 1):44-8. doi: 10.5152/tud.2013.054.
In the medical sciences, the importance of review articles is rising. When clinicians want to update their knowledge and generate guidelines about a topic, they frequently use reviews as a starting point. The value of a review is associated with what has been done, what has been found and how these findings are presented. Before asking 'how,' the question of 'why' is more important when starting to write a review. The main and fundamental purpose of writing a review is to create a readable synthesis of the best resources available in the literature for an important research question or a current area of research. Although the idea of writing a review is attractive, it is important to spend time identifying the important questions. Good review methods are critical because they provide an unbiased point of view for the reader regarding the current literature. There is a consensus that a review should be written in a systematic fashion, a notion that is usually followed. In a systematic review with a focused question, the research methods must be clearly described. A 'methodological filter' is the best method for identifying the best working style for a research question, and this method reduces the workload when surveying the literature. An essential part of the review process is differentiating good research from bad and leaning on the results of the better studies. The ideal way to synthesize studies is to perform a meta-analysis. In conclusion, when writing a review, it is best to clearly focus on fixed ideas, to use a procedural and critical approach to the literature and to express your findings in an attractive way.
在医学领域，综述文章的重要性日益凸显。当临床医生想要更新知识并制定关于某个主题的指南时，他们常常将综述作为起点。综述的价值与已做的工作、已发现的内容以及这些发现的呈现方式相关。在探讨“如何”之前，在开始撰写综述时，“为何”的问题更为重要。撰写综述的主要和根本目的是针对一个重要的研究问题或当前的研究领域，对文献中可得的最佳资源进行可读性强的综合。尽管撰写综述的想法很有吸引力，但花时间确定重要问题很重要。良好的综述方法至关重要，因为它们能为读者提供关于当前文献的无偏见观点。人们一致认为综述应以系统的方式撰写，这一理念通常会被遵循。在针对一个重点问题的系统综述中，研究方法必须清晰描述。“方法学筛选”是确定针对一个研究问题的最佳工作方式的最佳方法，这种方法在查阅文献时能减少工作量。综述过程的一个重要部分是区分好的研究与坏的研究，并依据较好研究的结果。综合研究的理想方式是进行荟萃分析。总之，撰写综述时，最好明确聚焦于固定的观点，对文献采用程序性和批判性的方法，并以有吸引力的方式呈现你的发现。
