Open AccessThe Quality of Randomized Clinical Trials in the Field of Surgery: Studies on Laparoscopic versus Open Appendectomy as an Example
Author(s) -
Omid SadrAzodi,
Åke AndrénSandberg
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
digestive surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.762
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1421-9983
pISSN - 0253-4886
DOI - 10.1159/000229992
Subject(s) - medicine , randomized controlled trial , laparoscopic surgery , open surgery , laparoscopy , surgery , general surgery , clinical trial
The field of surgery undergoes rapid renewal and introduction of surgical techniques and instruments. Thus, the quality of the randomized clinical trials in this field should be evaluated. We assessed the quality of randomized trials comparing laparoscopic versus open appendectomy as a model.
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