Comparison of randomized controlled trial registry entries and content of reports in surgery journals

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 257, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1007-1015

  Rosenthal, Rachel ^a   Dwan, Kerry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Protocol; Registration; Reporting; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL CLOSURE; ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; BILIOPANCREATIC BYPASS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FUNDING; GASTRECTOMY; HEALTH CARE; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTERVENTION STUDY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SAMPLE SIZE;

BIBLIOMETRICS; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84879105177     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e318283cf7f     Document Type: Review

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