Challenges in creating a good randomized controlled trial in hand surgery

Clinics in Plastic Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 563-573

  Thoma, Achilleas ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Surgical Outcomes Research Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SURGEON; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; GUIDELINES; HAND; HUMANS; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 31844435969     PISSN: 00941298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cps.2005.05.002     Document Type: Review

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