A statistical framework for quantifying clinical equipoise for individual cases during randomized controlled surgical trials

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Randomised controlled trials are being increasingly used to evaluate new surgical interventions. There are a number of problematic methodological issues specific to surgical trials, the most important being identifying whether patien...

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Main Authors: Parsons Nicholas R, Kulikov Yuri, Girling Alan, Griffin Damian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-12-01
Series:Trials
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Online Access:http://www.trialsjournal.com/content/12/1/258