Controlled trials in aesthetic plastic surgery: A 16-year analysis

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 359-362

  Becker, A ^a   Blumle A ^a   Antes, G ^a   Bannasch, H ^a   Torio Padron, N ^a   Stark, G B ^a   Momeni, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aesthetic plastic surgery; CCT; Controlled clinical trials; Evidence based medicine; Randomized controlled trials; RCT

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ESTHETIC SURGERY; EUROPE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NORTH AMERICA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURGERY, PLASTIC;

EID: 40149083273     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-007-9075-9     Document Type: Article

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