Assessing Language Bias in Pediatric Surgical Systematic Reviews: A Meta-epidemiological Study
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Dunya Moghul, Elena Guadagno, Shreenik Kundu, Dan Poenaru, Robert Baird
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Linguistic bias limits insight from non-English regions and potentially skews conclusions toward Western contexts. We evaluated the extent and impact of language-based exclusions in systematic reviews (SRs) within pediatric surgery, assessing how such limitations threaten the comprehensiveness and generalizability of evidence syntheses.
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