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Surgical research revisited: clinical trials in the cardiothoracic surgical literature
Author(s) -
A. Anyanwu
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1873-734X
pISSN - 1010-7940
DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2003.12.004
Subject(s) - blinding , medicine , randomized controlled trial , interquartile range , clinical trial , cardiothoracic surgery , sample size determination , research design , medline , clinical study design , surgery , intensive care medicine , medical physics , general surgery , statistics , mathematics , political science , law , social science , sociology
Surgeons have been criticised for not undertaking high-quality research. This study examines the quality of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in the cardiothoracic surgical literature with a view to revisiting the role of RCTs in surgical research.

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