CONSORT Compliance in Surgical Randomized Trials: Possible Solutions

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 261, Issue 5, 2015, Pages e135-

  Khajuria, Ankur ^a   Ahmed Agha, Riaz ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; AWARENESS; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSORT COMPLIANCE; EDITOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PEER REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE SIZE; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; STANDARDS; SURGERY;

GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84929516190     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000409     Document Type: Letter

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