Somatostatin Receptor–Targeted Radiopeptide Therapy in Treatment-Refractory Meningioma: Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis

Reply: Somatostatin Receptor-Targeted Radiopeptide Therapy in Patients with Progressive Unresectable Meningioma.

Individual patient data meta - analysis in surgery

Background

IPDMA: Individual Patient/Participant Data Meta-Analysis

In a previous article in KT Update (Dijkers, 2014), the development of meta-analysis (MA) was sketched from (1) meta-analysis of individual study findings (e.g., means and standard deviations, correlations) reported in the literature, to (2) meta-analysis of individual subject data harvested from the published literature, to (3) merging of datasets from multiple studies that share subject popul...

Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt for refractory ascites: a meta-analysis of individual patient data.

BACKGROUND & AIMS Several randomized controlled trials have compared a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) with large-volume paracentesis in cirrhotic patients with refractory ascites. Although all agree that TIPS reduces the recurrence rate of ascites, survival is controversial. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of TIPS and large-volume paracentesis in cirrhotic...

individual patient data meta-analysis of the smoking prevalence in mazandaran province of iran

conclusions present study showed that the prevalence of smoking in men is very high in this region of iran. therefore to prevent the problem it is necessary that educational and research centres and health providers make suitable policies and strategies . results mean (standard error) age of starting to smoke was 20.21 (0.6) years and females had started smoking 4 years later (p = 0.01). during...