title: Reply to letter: "meta-analyses, from GIGO to PRISMA".
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, McGill University/Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada jeffrey.barkun@muhc.mcgill.ca.
authors.forename: Jeffrey S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Barkun
mesh_terms: D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000592:standards*; D013502:General Surgery / Q000592:standards*; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D012693:Serial Publications / Q000592:standards*