Methodology of clinical trials focusing on the PC-Fix clinical trials

Injury

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL.2, 2001, Pages

  Hauke, C ^a,b   Meisser, A ^a   Perren, S M ^a  

^a AO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b Hôpital Universitaire   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Good Clinical Practice; Methodology; Orthopaedic device; PC Fix; Prospective clinical trials; Trauma surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FRACTURE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLINICAL TRIALS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035461217     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0020-1383(01)00123-1     Document Type: Article

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