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| Predicate | Object |
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| rdf:type | |
| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
7
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1998-11-23
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| pubmed:abstractText |
Randomised controlled trials (RCTs), with their prospective definition of methods and outcome measures, double-blind assessment of outcomes and unbiased selection of subjects and controls, provide the best possible evidence for deciding the value of a medical or surgical intervention. Few surgical studies are designed as RCTs, and those that are should be of a higher quality. The lack of good surgical RCTs may be a result of surgeons lacking the necessary training, expertise and desire to perform RCTs, inadequate funding from granting agencies, difficulties in securing patient consent or a lack of sufficient patient numbers. If an RCT is not feasible for a particular study, then alternative research designs, such as prospective matched-pair trials, may need to be better developed and used. If RCTs can be performed, other strategies to increase the number and quality of RCTs may be needed: Education of surgeons in clinical research methods Improved funding of surgical RCTs Compulsory evaluation of new techniques and technology before their general adoption is permitted.
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| pubmed:commentsCorrections | |
| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Oct
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| pubmed:issn |
0025-729X
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:day |
5
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| pubmed:volume |
169
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
380-3
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2008-11-21
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| pubmed:meshHeading | |
| pubmed:year |
1998
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Surgery and the randomised controlled trial: past, present and future.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Surgery, University of Sydney, NSW.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Review
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