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Applying a statistical procedure to correct for reporting bias in ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm repair revealed a modest improvement in operating theatre mortality over the last 50 years.
Correcting for reporting bias in studies of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm repair reveals a historical improvement in operative mortality that is missed by standard meta-analyses.
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Correcting for reporting bias reveals modest mortality improvement in ruptured AAA repair; challenges prior naïve meta-analyses.
Jackson et al. (2005) studied Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. Statistical procedure for correcting reporting bias vs. Naïve analyses was evaluated on Operating theatre mortality. Applying a statistical procedure to correct for reporting bias in ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm repair revealed a modest improvement in operating theatre mortality over the last 50 years.
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