Clinical studies in spinal surgery

European Spine Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 721-725

  Hanson, Beate ^a   Kopjar, Branko ^b  

^a AO Clinical Investigation and Documentation   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Clinical trial design; Confounding; Spine surgery; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SPINE SURGERY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THERAPEUTIC ERROR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIALS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SPINE;

EID: 26444440370     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-005-0926-2     Document Type: Review

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