Do surgical trials meet the scientific standards for clinical trials?

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 215, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 722-730

  Wenner, Danielle M ^a,b   Brody, Baruch A ^b,c   Jarman, Anna F ^a   Kolman, Jacob M ^b,c   Wray, Nelda P ^a   Ashton, Carol M ^a  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MEDICAL ETHICS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SURGERY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH REPORT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84867848462     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2012.06.018     Document Type: Article

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