Bias in clinical trials: The importance of suture technique

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-7

  Israelsson, Leif A ^a,b  

^a Sundsvall County Hospital   (Sweden)

^b Sundsvall County Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Incisional hernia; Postoperative complications; Suture material; Suture technique; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ABSORBABLE SUTURE; SUTURE MATERIAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCISIONAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; SWEDEN; WOUND CLOSURE;

AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0032767767     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/110241599750007432     Document Type: Article

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