The Importance of a Systematic Review of High Quality Clinical Trials

A systematic review is a powerful tool used to identify, evaluate, and appraise all high quality research related to a specific question. Systematic reviews in contrast to most narrative review articles adhere to strict scientific design by following 8 steps. A prospective outcome study is performed at a single institution to analyze the potential differences in treating intertrocantaric hip fractures with a plate slash screw device versus an intramagillary device. This study would be considered to carry out what level of evidence. And the choices are 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, and 5, 5.