The Reporting of Randomized Clinical Trials Using a Surgical Intervention Is in Need of Immediate Improvement
Population
158 reports of randomized controlled trials assessing surgical procedures published in 2004
Design
Systematic_review
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Discussion
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Implication
Inadequate reporting of experimental surgical interventions in RCTs impairs reproducibility and bias assessment; supports extending CONSORT to surgical trials.
Structured PICO
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Population
158 reports of randomized controlled trials assessing surgical procedures published in 2004
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Outcome
Reporting of surgical interventions, care providers, and number of centers
The inadequate reporting of surgical procedures, care providers, and centers in RCTs highlights a need to extend the CONSORT Statement to surgical interventions to reduce bias.
Cite This Study
Jacquier et al. (2006) studied this question.