A guide to appropriately planning and conducting meta-analyses: part 3. Special considerations—the network meta-analysis

Kyle N. Kunze; Jeffrey Kay; Ayoosh Pareek; Jari Dahmen; Jorge Chahla; Shane J. Nho; Riley J. Williams; Darren de Sa; Jon Karlsson

doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-023-07419-7

A guide to appropriately planning and conducting meta-analyses: part 3. Special considerations—the network meta-analysis

Kyle N. Kunze, Jeffrey Kay, Ayoosh Pareek, Jari Dahmen, Jorge Chahla, Shane J. Nho, Riley J. Williams, Darren de Sa, Jon Karlsson

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The meta-analysis has become one of the predominant studies designs in orthopaedic literature. Within recent years, the network meta-analysis has been implicated as a powerful approach to comparing multiple treatments for an outcome of interest when conducting a meta-analysis (as opposed to two competing treatments which is typical of a traditional meta-analysis). With the increasing use of the network meta-analysis, it is imperative for readers to possess the ability to independently and critically evaluate these types of studies. The purpose of this article is to provide the necessary foundation of knowledge to both properly conduct and interpret the results of a network meta-analysis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2544-2549
Number of pages	6
Journal	Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy
Volume	31
Issue number	7
Early online date	2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-023-07419-7
Publication status	Published - Jul 2023

Keywords

Comparisons
Meta-analysis
Network
Statistics
Treatments

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