ArticleTechniques in coloproctology2019
Why most published meta-analysis findings are false.
Article in Techniques in coloproctology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
10 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Pre-emptive and preventive NSAIDs for postoperative pain in adults undergoing all types of surgery.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Prophylactic antibiotics for penetrating abdominal trauma: duration of use and antibiotic choice.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Clinical Trials of High-intensity Focused Ultrasound for Cancer: Concerns Arising from Low Post-Hoc Power.Current medicinal chemistry · 2025Review
- Plyometric Jump Training Exercise Optimization for Maximizing Human Performance: A Systematic Scoping Review and Identification of Gaps in the Existing Literature.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Programming Plyometric-Jump Training in Soccer: A Review.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Need for more evidence in the prevention and management of perinatal asphyxia and neonatal encephalopathy in low and middle-income countries: A call for action.Seminars in fetal & neonatal medicine · 2021Review
- Management of acute perforated diverticulitis with generalized peritonitis: is this the end of the Hartmann's era?Techniques in coloproctology · 2020Article
- The evidence base for pilonidal sinus surgery is the pits.Techniques in coloproctology · 2019Review
- How to find a meta-analysis you can trust.Techniques in coloproctology · 2019Article
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
3 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.
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Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.