Randomised trials in surgery: The burden of evidence

Reviews on Recent Clinical Trials

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 244-248

  Lassen, Kristoffer ^a,b   Høye, Anne ^a,b   Myrmel, Truls ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Evidence Based Medicine; Learning curve; Randomised Controlled Trial; RCT; Skill dependent interventions; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER SURGERY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STUDY DESIGN; SURGEON; SURGERY; VALIDITY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84866689454     PISSN: 15748871     EISSN: 18761038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157488712802281402     Document Type: Article

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