Department of Cardiology, Longhua Hospital Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Department of Nephrology A, Longhua Hospital Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Stem Cell Res Ther. 2024 Mar 21;15(1):85. doi: 10.1186/s13287-023-03608-w.
In the study published by Sun et al., a systematic review and meta-analysis illustrated the advantageous of stem cell therapy in diabetic foot and can improve the quality of life of patients. Nevertheless, the authors had a lack of knowledge regarding the methodology of the meta-analysis, which had four main aspects: (1) The textual report is inconsistent with the forest plot results, i.e., the authors have insufficient knowledge of RevMan. (2) The "zero event" needs to be corrected for summary analysis. (3) Lack of aesthetics in the forest plots. (4) Registration is recommended for systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
在孙等人发表的研究中,系统评价和荟萃分析表明干细胞疗法在糖尿病足中的优势,可以提高患者的生活质量。然而,作者对荟萃分析的方法学缺乏了解,主要有四个方面:(1)文字报告与森林图结果不一致,即作者对 RevMan 的了解不足。(2)需要对汇总分析进行“零事件”校正。(3)森林图缺乏美感。(4)建议对系统评价和荟萃分析进行注册。