Spin Is Common in Studies Assessing Robotic Colorectal Surgery: An Assessment of Reporting and Interpretation of Study Results

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 878-884

  Patel, Sunil V ^a   Van Koughnett, Julie Ann M ^b   Howe, Brett ^b   Wexner, Steven D ^c  

^a KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal surgery; Robotic surgery; Spin

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONVERSION TO OPEN SURGERY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIVERTICULOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECTUM PROLAPSE; RECTUM RESECTION; ROBOT ASSISTED SURGERY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREJUDICE; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESEARCH; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISCLOSURE; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREJUDICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH REPORT; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84940030755     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000000425     Document Type: Article

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