Evolution of reports of randomised clinical trials in plastic surgery

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 703-709

  Veiga, D F ^a,b   Veiga Filho, J ^a,b   Pellizzon, R F ^a   Juliano, Y ^b   Ferreira, L M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO SAPUCAÍ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Plastic surgery; Quality; Randomised clinical trials; Review literature as topic

Indexed keywords

AGREEMENT COEFFICIENT; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; DELPHI STUDY; EUROPE; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; JADAD QUALITY SCALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NORTH AMERICA; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RATING SCALE; REFERENCE DATABASE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; VALIDATION STUDY;

HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGERY, PLASTIC;

EID: 79956032286     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: 18780539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2010.11.015     Document Type: Review

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