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1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
Objectives:
To assess the quality of the meta-analyses that review the WHO surgical safety checklist.
Methods:
A systematic review of meta-analysis studies was undertaken using the search terms "World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist" in PubMed, Embase, and Lilacs databases. The selected meta-analyses were rated using the AMSTAR 2 assessment tool.
Results:
In the three meta-analyses evaluated, the checklist was associated with a decrease in the rates of complications and mortality. Overall confidence in the results of the evaluated meta-analysis was critically low.
Conclusions:
The meta-analysis coincides with obtaining lower complications and mortality rates with the WHO surgical safety checklist. However, the studies included in the meta-analyses were mostly observational, with potential biases, and according to the AMSTAR 2 tool, the overall confidence in the results of the evaluated studies was critically low.
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