Quality of surgical randomized controlled trials for acute cholecystitis: Assessment based on CONSORT and additional check items

Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 297-303

  Shikata, Satoru ^a,b   Nakayama, Takeo ^b   Yamagishi, Hisakazu ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Check items; CONSORT; Quality; RCT; Surgical

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSOLIDATED STANDARDS OF REPORTING TRIALS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EVALUATION RESEARCH; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHOLECYSTITIS; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 44949229413     PISSN: 09441166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00534-007-1268-8     Document Type: Article

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