The impact of surgeon and patient treatment preferences in an orthopaedic trauma surgery trial

The impact of surgeon and patient treatment preferences in an orthopaedic trauma surgery trial

Abstract Background Surgeon and patient treatment preferences are important threats to the internal and external validity of surgical trials such as PROFHER, which compared surgical versus non-surgical treatment for displaced fractures of the proximal humerus in adults. We explored the treatment pre...

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Main Authors: Ada Keding, Helen Handoll, Stephen Brealey, Laura Jefferson, Catherine Hewitt, Belen Corbacho, David Torgerson, Amar Rangan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-09-01
Series:Trials
Subjects:
Randomised controlled trial
Equipoise
Surgeons
Patient preference
Bias
Validity
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-019-3631-x

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