🙋‍♂️Are you also only citing the Alvarado score from 1986? You are not alone! Read the bibliometric analysis by Nadir Bahta, Philine Zeinert, @jacobrosenberg2, and Siv Fonnes in Journal of Surgical Research doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.… The Lens #acuteappendicitis #emergencysurgery

Inguinal hernia repair in adolescents falls in that grey zone of opinions and prejudices. This review of available evidence attempts to clarify the situation and gives a clear recommendation!

The microbiome of the appendix differs in patients with and without appendicitis: A prospective cohort study surgjournal.com/article/S0039-… Excellent SURGERY Journal study by Siv Fonnes 🇩🇰

📢 Mesh versus non‐mesh for emergency groin hernia repair (15 RCTs🎲 1241 participants). Mesh hernia repair may slightly increase or have no effect on the risk of 30‐day surgical site infections. 🔗 doi.org//10.1002/14651… Ann Hou Sæter Jacob Rosenberg Siv Fonnes

We are delighted to share our three meta-analyses in our series on long-term complications 🩸 after cholecystectomy 🍐 Incisional hernias doi.org/10.1016/j.surg… Laparoscopic approach🔑 doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsu… Open approach 🩸 doi.org/10.1007/s12262…

We are proud to share our microbiome study that found that the appendix microbiome composition differs in patients with and without appendicitis, thus, pointing towards an infectious pathogenesis. 🔗authors.elsevier.com/a/1isAf_vecJ9Lr SURGERY Journal

#appendicitis treatment...💊 Medicine that kills bacteria? 🏥 Or surgery? 🤔 📚 🔍 We looked at the evidence from 13 studies with 3358 people Read the #SystematicReview and #PlainLanguage summary in the #CochraneLibrary buff.ly/3xWDFxb

📢 New Cochrane review on appendicitis: A third of the participants initially treated with antibiotics required subsequent appendectomy or two‐thirds avoided surgery within one year. Siv Fonnes Brett Doleman 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/146518…

New publication! The number of scientific articles has exploded in the last thirty years. We have identified and categorized the different aspects of research waste to help reduce it, ensuring efficient resource allocation and scientific integrity. doi.org/10.1111/jebm.1…

We are pleased to share our observational study, examining ¼ million systematic reviews. Non-Cochrane systematic reviews are increasing exponentially, while Cochrane reviews were published less frequently through the last decade. Read more here: link.springer.com/article/10.118… #SysRevsJ

📢 Important Cochrane review on diagnosing appendicitis: “The sensitivity and specificity of CT for diagnosing appendicitis in adults are high.” 🔗 cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.10…

Surgeons in training find it hard to diagnose appendicitis. They use variables from clinical decision tools but not the recommended clinical decision tools themselves. Read the survey in World Journal of Surgery: doi.org/10.1002/wjs.12… #acuteappendicitis #emergencysurgery

Patients did not know that their appendix was healthy! Study: patients’ opinion on having a healthy appendix removed. Patients were not aware of the results of their pathology report and were concerned about anaesthesia and a burst appendix. rdcu.be/dPGXf #appendicitis

So proud of our three young researchers who have authored at least 4 articles and presented them within their research year 🙌 Next up: writing the PhD thesis 🤜🤛

Study in @cochranemthds: Authorship issues in 1/3 of Cochrane publications. Six 🎁authors and one 👻author were prevented using a form including the 4⃣authorship criteria from ICMJE 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/cesm.1… Siv Fonnes Kristoffer Andresen Stina Öberg Jason Joe Baker Jacob Rosenberg

“MRI seems to be a very accurate test for appendicitis” is the conclusion from an important Cochrane review on using MRI to diagnose appendicitis, based on 58 studies with almost 7,500 participants. 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/146518… #acuteappendicitis #emergencysurgery #CochraneReview

Our interview study found that patients with appendicitis would say yes to antibiotics instead of surgery if their surgeon recommended it. Go to dr.clintile.com/article/doi/10… to get valuable insight into why some patients prefer surgery over antibiotics and vice versa. #appendicitis

Analysis of 93 systematic reviews reveals that research waste is assessed through methodological quality & adherence to reporting standards. When diverse tools are employed it can significantly impact the comparability of findings. peerj.com/articles/18466 PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environment

Vil du have et overblik over risiko for bias, dvs. systematiske afvigelser, i RCT’er, kohortestudier og systematiske reviews? Så læs CPOs artikel her: ugeskriftet.dk/videnskab/risi…, om selektionsbias, informationsbias, rapporteringsbias og andre bias. Siv Fonnes og Jacob Rosenberg

Our latest article shows that Cochrane Reviews and other systematic reviews had similar citation patterns in recent years, but other systematic reviews received more citations from 1993 to 2007. Learn more here: tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…