Published methods in practice
A complex surgical question taken from protocol to meta-analysis.
A registered review combined multi-database searching, duplicate screening, structured risk-of-bias assessment, quantitative synthesis and certainty appraisal while keeping unstable estimates and very-low-certainty evidence explicit.
Outcomes of combined lung cancer resection and lung volume reduction surgery in adults with severe emphysema; a systematic review and meta-analysis
Frontiers in Oncology · 2026 · DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2026.1916431
Co-authored by the founder of Medaxa and Partners; published with the institutional affiliations shown in the journal record.