A Guide to Planning and Executing a Surgical Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 407-412

  Chung, Kevin C ^a   Burns, Patricia B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; guide; surgery

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE PATCH; PLACEBO;

ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FOLLOW UP; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SMOKING CESSATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THUMB AMPUTATION; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 40649102397     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2007.11.027     Document Type: Article

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