Table 1 Critical appraisal
From: Relationship between surgeon volume and outcomes: a systematic review of systematic reviews
Procedure/ condition | Study | A priori design | Two reviewers | Literature search | Status of publication | List of studies | Study characteristics | Critical appraisal | Conclusions | Combining findings | Publication bias | Conflict of interest | Multiple comparisons |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Colorectal cancer | Archampong et al. 2012 [24] | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | ? |
Archampong et al. 2010 [25] | + | + | + | + | − | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | |
Van Gijn et al. 2010 [48] | + | + | + | + | − | + | − | − | + | + | + | + | |
Salz et al. 2008 [43] | + | − | − | + | − | + | − | + | □ | □ | − | + | |
Iversen et al. 2007 (short-term) [35] | + | ? | + | + | − | − | ? | + | + | + | − | − | |
Iversen et al. 2007 (long-term) [36] | + | ? | + | + | − | − | ? | + | + | + | − | − | |
Bariatric surgery | Zevin et al. 2012 [54] | + | − | + | − | − | + | + | − | □ | □ | + | □ |
Padwal et al. 2011 [41] | + | + | + | + | − | + | − | − | □ | □ | + | □ | |
Klarenbach et al. 2010 [37] | + | + | + | + | − | + | − | − | □ | □ | □ | □ | |
AAA | Young et al. 2007 [53] | + | − | − | − | + | − | − | − | + | − | + | + |
Wilt et al. 2006 [50] | + | − | − | − | + | + | − | + | □ | □ | + | + | |
Esophageal cancer | Brusselaers et al. 2014 [26] | + | − | + | + | − | + | − | − | + | + | + | + |
Wouters et al. 2012 [52] | + | + | − | + | − | + | + | + | + | + | + | ? | |
Radical prostatectomy | Trinh et al. 2013 [47] | + | ? | + | − | − | + | − | + | □ | □ | + | □ |
Wilt et al. 2008 [51] | + | ? | + | + | + | + | + | + | ? | − | − | + | |
Total knee arthroplasty | Lau et al. 2012 [38] | + | + | + | + | + | + | ? | ? | â–¡ | â–¡ | + | + |
Stengel et al. 2004 [45] | + | ? | − | + | − | + | − | + | □ | □ | + | + | |
Breast cancer | Gooiker et al. 2010 [30] | + | + | + | + | − | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
CABG | Sepehripour et al. 2013 [44] | + | ? | − | − | − | + | + | + | □ | □ | + | □ |
Cystectomy | Goossens-Laan et al. 2011 [32] | + | + | + | ? | − | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
Head and neck cancer | Eskander et al. 2014 [28] | + | + | + | + | − | + | + | + | + | □ | + | + |
Lung cancer | Van Meyenfeldt et al. 2012 [49] | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | + | + | + | + | ? |
Norwood procedure | Pieper et al. 2014 [42] | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | â–¡ | â–¡ | + | â–¡ |
Pancreatic surgery | Gooiker et al. 2011 [31] | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
PCI | Strom et al. 2014 [46] | + | + | ? | − | − | ? | − | + | + | + | + | + |
Trauma | Caputo et al. 2014 [27] | + | − | + | + | − | + | − | + | □ | □ | + | □ |
Several | Gruen et al. 2009 [3] | + | + | + | + | − | + | + | + | □ | □ | − | − |
Miyata et al. 2007 [40] | + | ? | + | + | − | + | + | − | □ | □ | − | □ | |
Gandjour et al. 2003 [29] | + | ? | + | + | − | − | + | − | □ | − | − | − | |
Halm et al. 2002 [33] | + | + | − | + | − | + | − | + | □ | □ | − | + | |
Hillner et al. 2000 [34] | + | ? | − | − | − | − | − | + | □ | □ | − | − | |
Several in pediatric surgery | McAteer et al. 2013 [39] | + | ? | + | + | − | + | + | + | □ | □ | + | − |