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Recurrent laryngeal nerve injury following single- and multiple-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: a meta-analysis

Lawrence Oh, Mahmoud Dibas, Sherief Ghozy, Ralph J. Mobbs, Kevin Phan, Harrison Faulkner

Journal of Spine Surgery · 2020 · 14 citations · 26 references

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This analysis suggests that there is no statistically significant association between the number of ACDF operative levels and the risk of short- or long-term RLN palsy.

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Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the PRISMA statement

David Moher, A. Liberati, Jennifer Tetzlaff et al. · BMJ · 2009 · 82.3K citations · Full text

Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test

Matthias Egger, George Davey Smith, Martin Schneider et al. · BMJ · 1997 · 54.3K citations · Full text

Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the PRISMA Statement.

David Moher, Alessandro Liberati, Jennifer Tetzlaff et al. · PubMed · 2009 · 45.1K citations · Full text

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Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement

David Moher · Annals of Internal Medicine · 2009 · 37.3K citations

Critical evaluation of the Newcastle-Ottawa scale for the assessment of the quality of nonrandomized studies in meta-analyses

Andreas Stang · European Journal of Epidemiology · 2010 · 16.9K citations

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