Quality of surgical randomized controlled trials in hand surgery: a systematic review

Journal of Hand Surgery: European Volume

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 801-807

  Long, Chao ^a   desJardins Park, Heather E ^a   Popat, Rita ^a   Fox, Paige M ^b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical research; hand surgery; randomized controlled trials; systematic review

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; POWER ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE SIZE; SURGERY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; HAND; METHODOLOGY;

HAND; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 85049039593     PISSN: 17531934     EISSN: 20436289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1753193418780184     Document Type: Article

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