The Study Centre of the German Surgical Society - rationale and current status

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 390, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 171-177

  Knaebel, Hanns Peter ^a   Diener, Markus K ^a   Wente, Moritz N ^a   Bauer, Hartwig ^b   Büchler, Markus W ^a   Rothmund, Matthias ^c   Seiler, Christoph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b German Cancer Society   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; Randomised controlled trial; Study centre; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL CLOSURE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PANCREAS SURGERY; PARATHYROID DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WARD; THYROID DISEASE;

CLINICAL TRIALS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GERMANY; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SURGERY;

EID: 16844362484     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-005-0547-6     Document Type: Review

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