Critical appraisal:Louis MA, Nandipati K, Astorga R, Mandava A, Rousseau CP, Mandava N 2010 1

From Cancer Guidelines Wiki

Risk of bias assessment: cohort study

Subject selection
"New technology" group
Representative of eligible patients.
Comparison group
Representative of eligible patients
Comparability of groups on demographic characteristics and clinical features
Comparable
Measurement of outcomes
Outcome measures blind to technology used
No, but objective measures used
Same method of measurement used across comparison groups
Yes
Completeness of follow-up
Was follow-up complete and were all patients included in the analysis?
Yes (follow-up >95%) or survival analysis using all patients
Overall risk of bias
Low risk of bias Additional comments: Please replace this text and include any additional comments in regards to your risk of bias rating


Jutta's tick icon.png This appraisal has been completed.


Article
Louis MA, Nandipati K, Astorga R, Mandava A, Rousseau CP, Mandava N. Correlation between preoperative endoscopic and intraoperative findings in localizing colorectal lesions. World J Surg 2010 Jul;34(7):1587-91 Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20054542.
Assigned to
User:Cecilia.taing
Topic area
Guidelines:Colorectal cancer/Colonoscopy surveillance
Clinical question
Form
Form:Quality appraisal cohort
Outcomes
Synchronous lesions, Discrepancies between preop colonoscopy and intra-operative findings

Section below only relevant for Cancer Council Project Officer

Edit appraisal assignment