Completion and publication rates of randomized controlled trials in surgery: An empirical study

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 262, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 68-73

  Rosenthal, Rachel ^a   Kasenda, Benjamin ^a,b   Dell Kuster, Salome ^a,b   Von Elm, Erik ^c   You, John ^d   Blümle, Anette ^e   Tomonaga, Yuki ^f   Saccilotto, Ramon ^a,b   Amstutz, Alain ^b   Bengough, Theresa ^c   Meerpohl, Joerg J ^e   Stegert, Mihaela ^b   Tikkinen, Kari A O ^d,f,g   Neumann, Ignacio ^d,h   Carrasco Labra, Alonso ^d,i   Faulhaber, Markus ^d,j   Mulla, Sohail ^d   Mertz, Dominik ^d   Akl, Elie A ^d,k,l   Bassler, Dirk ^m   Busse, Jason W ^d,n,o   Ferreira González, Ignacio ^k   Lamontagne, Francois ^p   Nordmann, Alain ^b   Gloy, Viktoria ^b,q   Olu, Kelechi K ^b   Raatz, Heike ^b   Moja, Lorenzo ^r   Ebrahim, Shanil ^d,n,o,s,t   Schandelmaier, Stefan ^b,u   Sun, Xin ^a,d   Vandvik, Per O ^v   Johnston, Bradley C ^d,s   Walter, Martin A ^q,w   Burnand, Bernard ^c   Schwenkglenks, Matthias ^f   Hemkens, Lars G ^b   Bucher, Heiner C ^b   Guyatt, Gordon H ^d   Briel, Matthias ^b,d   more..

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^h HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

ⁱ PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^k MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^l AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^m UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^o UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^p HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^q Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke   (Canada)

^r UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^s IRCCS ISTITUTO ORTOPEDICO GALEAZZI   (Italy)

^t HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^u STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^v SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^w INNLANDET HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

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Author keywords

Discontinuation; Publication; Randomized controlled trial; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CLINICAL STUDY; EMPIRICISM; HUMAN; MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SURGERY; ADULT; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GERMANY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; PUBLISHING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; CANADA; GERMANY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICINE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84939428872     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000810     Document Type: Article

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