The Role of the Randomized Controlled Trial in Plastic Surgery

Clinics in Plastic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 275-284

  Thoma, Achilleas ^a,b   Sprague, Sheila ^a   Temple, Claire ^c   Archibald, Stuart ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DEEP INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC PERFORATOR FLAP; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; PLASTIC SURGERY; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; TRANSVERSE RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCULOCUTANEOUS FLAP;

HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURGERY, PLASTIC;

EID: 39449126574     PISSN: 00941298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cps.2007.10.011     Document Type: Review

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