An alternative approach to deal with the absence of clinical trials. A proportional meta-analysis of case series studies

Acta Cirurgica Brasileira

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 870-876

  El Dib, Regina ^a,b   Nascimento Junior, Paulo ^b   Kapoor, Anil ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical trials as topic; Meta analysis; Methodology; Review; Time series studies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CRYOABLATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; META ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL META ANALYSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84890104457     PISSN: 01028650     EISSN: 16782674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-86502013001200010     Document Type: Article

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