Multicentre prospective randomized trials are not always relevant to surgeons

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 286-287

  Koh, Poh Koon ^a   Seow Choen, Francis ^b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b MOUNT ELIZABETH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Audit; Evidence based surgery; Multicentre trial; Rectal cancer; Total mesorectal excision

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; RECTUM CARCINOMA; SHORT SURVEY; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURGERY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33744742647     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2006.03709.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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