AUTHOR=Qin Zi-Han , Yang Xin , Zheng Ya-Qi , An Li-Ya , Yang Ting , Du Yu-Lu , Wang Xiao , Zhao Shu-Han , Li Hao-Han , Sun Cheng-Kai , Sun Da-Li , Lin Yue-Ying 

TITLE=Quality evaluation of metabolic and bariatric surgical guidelines

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Endocrinology

VOLUME=14

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/endocrinology/articles/10.3389/fendo.2023.1118564

DOI=10.3389/fendo.2023.1118564

ISSN=1664-2392

ABSTRACT=<sec><title>Objective</title><p>To evaluate the quality of surgical guidelines on bariatric/metabolic surgery.</p></sec><sec><title>Methods</title><p>Four independent reviewers used the AGREE II (The Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation II) tool to assess the methodological quality of the included guidelines and conducted a comparative analysis of the main recommendations for surgical methods of these guidelines.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>Nine surgical guidelines were included in this study. Five articles with AGREE II scores over 60% are worthy of clinical recommendation. The field of rigor of development was relatively low, with an average score of 50.82%. Among 15 key recommendations and the corresponding best evidence in the guidelines, only 4 key recommendations were grade A recommendations.</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusions</title><p>The quality of metabolic and bariatric guidelines is uneven, and there is much room for improvement.</p></sec>