Surgeon equipoise as an inclusion criterion for the evaluation of nonoperative versus operative treatment of thoracolumbar spinal injuries

Spine Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 975-981

  Stadhouder, A ^a   Oner F C ^a   Wilson, K W ^b   Vaccaro, A R ^c   Williamson, O D ^d   Verbout, A J ^a   Verhaar, J A ^e   de Klerk, L W L ^e   Buskens, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Equipoise; Expertise based trials; Observational studies; Operative and nonoperative treatment; Randomized controlled trial; Restricted cohort study; Thoracolumbar fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE SURGERY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54449088673     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2007.11.008     Document Type: Article

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