Minimally invasive surgery and the novel coronavirus outbreak: lessons learned in China and Italy

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Zheng M.H, Boni L, Fingerhut A. Minimally invasive surgery and the novel coronavirus outbreak: lessons learned in China and Italy [published online ahead of print March 26, 2020]. Ann Surg.

Expert Reviews

Methodological Reviewer: Sarah Moore MD MSc FRCSC, General and Colorectal Surgeon, University of Toronto

Clinical Reviewer: Sharon Stein MD, FACS, FASCRS, Colorectal Surgeon, Case Western University

Clinical Reviewer: Christopher Schlachta, MD, FACS, FRSCS, Department of Surgery, Western University

Supplementary Articles

Hayward RSA, Wilson MC, Tunis SR, Bass EB, Guyatt G, for the Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group. Users’ Guides to the Medical Literature. How to Use Clinical Practice Guidelines (A). JAMA 1995;274(7):570-74

Hayward RSA, Wilson MC, Tunis SR, Bass EB, Guyatt G, for the Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group. Users’ Guides to the Medical Literature. How to Use Clinical Practice Guidelines (B). JAMA 1995;274(20):1630-32

Questions

1. What are the clinical questions being addressed?
2. Were all important options and outcomes considered?
3. Was an explicit and sensible process used to identify, select and combine evidence?
4. Was an explicit and sensible process used to consider the relative value of different outcomes?
5. Is the guideline likely to account for important recent developments?
6. Has the guideline been subjected to peer review and testing?
7. Are practical clinically important recommendations made?
8. How strong are the recommendations?
9. What is the impact of uncertainty associated with the evidence and values used in the guidelines?
10. State the conclusion. Have the authors addressed the clinical questions posed?
11. Does the evidence support the conclusion?