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ArticleJournal of orthopaedic case reports2025

Are Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis on the Verge of Extinction with the Advent of Artificial intelligence?

Prannoy Paul, Ashok Shyam, Sujit Jos

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Article in Journal of orthopaedic case reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Prannoy PaulDepartment of Orthopedics, Institute of Advanced Orthopedics, M.O.S.C Medical College Kolenchery, Kochi, Kerala, India.
Ashok ShyamIndian Orthopaedic Research Group, Thane, Maharashtra, India.
Sujit JosDepartment of Orthopedics, Institute of Advanced Orthopedics, M.O.S.C Medical College Kolenchery, Kochi, Kerala, India.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Conventionally, systematic reviews and meta-analysis constituted the highest level of evidence from medical research. With the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI), rapid analysis of large amounts of medical data and synthesis of useful results are possible in a fraction of the time taken for systemic reviews and meta-analysis by humans. However, it is not without drawbacks. This article discusses the implications of AI in the future of systematic reviews and meta-analysis in the medical literature.

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Artificial intelligencemeta analysisorthopedicssystematic reviews

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PMID40212492
PMCPMC11981498

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