Levels of Evidence in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Research: Have We Improved Over the Past 10 Years?

Summary:. Levels of evidence (LOE) aid in the critical appraisal of evidence by ranking studies based on limitation of its design. Analyzing LOE provides insight into application of evidence-based medicine. The aim of this study is to determine if the quality of evidence in plastic surgery research...

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Main Authors: Conor M. Sugrue, FRCS, Cormac W. Joyce, FRCS, Sean M. Carroll, FRCS, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2019-09-01
Series:Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/10.1097/GOX.0000000000002408