Do authors report surgical expertise in open spine surgery related randomized controlled trials? a systematic review on quality of reporting

Spine

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 857-864

  Van Oldenrijk, Jakob ^a   Van Berkel, Youri ^a   Kerkhoffs, Gino M M J ^a   Bhandari, Mohit ^b   Poolman, Rudolf W ^c  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Joint Research   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

reporting quality; skill and experience; spine; surgical; systematic review

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMBASE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SKILL; SPINE SURGERY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORK EXPERIENCE;

HUMANS; ORTHOPEDICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SPINE;

EID: 84876985499     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31827ecb1c     Document Type: Review

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