Insights into surgical trials: Methodological challenges and solutions

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 399, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 273-278

  Doerr Harim, Colette ^a   Bruckner, Thomas ^a   Diener, Markus K ^a   Knebel, Phillip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Randomization; Recruitment; Subjective or objective end point; Surgical innovation; Surgical trials

Indexed keywords

EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; SELECTION BIAS; SURGEON; SURGERY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC);

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RESEARCH DESIGN; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84898914354     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: 14352451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-013-1155-5     Document Type: Review

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