Randomised trial support for orthopaedic surgical procedures

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Lim, Hyeung C ^a   Adie, Sam ^a,b   Naylor, Justine M ^a,b,c   Harris, Ian A ^a,b,c  

^a INGHAM INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; DEVICE REMOVAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY; CLASSIFICATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; STATISTICAL BIAS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84903218861     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096745     Document Type: Article

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