Putting the baby back in the bathwater: The interpretation of randomised trials in surgery

Bone and Joint Journal

Volumn 97B, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1456-1457

  Gandhi, R ^a   Perruccio, A V ^b   Kakar, S ^c   Haddad, F S ^d  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); ROTATOR CUFF; SUBLUXATION; TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; FRACTURE FIXATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84957425161     PISSN: 20494394     EISSN: 20494408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.97B11.36981     Document Type: Article

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