Journal article
A Systematic Review of Surgical Randomized Controlled Trials
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The authors investigated the methodological validity of plastic surgery randomized controlled trials that compared surgical interventions.
METHODS: An electronic search identified randomized controlled trials published between 2000 and 2013. Reviewers, independently and in duplicate, assessed manuscripts and performed data extraction. Methodological safeguards (randomization, allocation concealment, blinding, and incomplete outcome …
Authors
Voineskos SH; Coroneos CJ; Ziolkowski NI; Kaur MN; Banfield L; Meade MO; Thoma A; Chung KC; Bhandari M
Journal
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Vol. 137, No. 2, pp. 696–706
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
February 2016
DOI
10.1097/01.prs.0000475766.83901.5b
ISSN
0032-1052