An analysis of the breast reduction mammaplasty research pipeline

TY - JOUR

T1 - An analysis of the breast reduction mammaplasty research pipeline

AU - Checketts, Jake X.

AU - Simpson, Alaina

AU - Scott, Jared

AU - Brame, Lacy

AU - Duckett, Laurie

AU - Vassar, Matt

N1 - Funding Information: The reduction mammaplasty clinical practice guideline included the search strings used for their search strategy; therefore, for the sake of consistency, we reconstructed them. We searched PubMed, ClinicalTrials.gov , and the World Health Organization's International Clinical Trial Registry Platform (ICTRP) for relevant published and registered studies that addressed the recommendations made within the breast reduction guideline. PICO (Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome) questions were then constructed for each guideline to aid in the screening process. One of us (AS) screened each result for relevance. If the inclusion of a study was unclear, JC also reviewed it. Studies were included if at least one of the study's arms fit the PICO question. As a secondary aim, we evaluated studies funded by The Plastic Surgery Foundation to determine whether recently funded studies addressed the research gaps we identified from the breast reduction CPG.

PY - 2018/6

Y1 - 2018/6

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85041615359

U2 - 10.1016/j.bjps.2018.01.022

DO - 10.1016/j.bjps.2018.01.022

M3 - Letter

C2 - 29398606

AN - SCOPUS:85041615359

SN - 1748-6815

VL - 71

SP - 933

EP - 935

JO - Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

JF - Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

IS - 6

ER -