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In defense of randomized clinical trials in surgery: Let us not forget Archie Cochrane's legacy.

Abstract:: The Cochrane collaboration is a pinnacle of evidence-based medicine. It acts to commission, improve, and collate the best medical evidence for clinicians. Its creation followed work by the Scottish physician and epidemiologist Archibald Cochrane. He recognized that high-quality reproducible evidence in properly designed studies was vital to facilitate medical advances. His monograph Effectiveness and Efficiency: Random Reflections on Health Services explained his beliefs that randomized controlled trials acted as a brake on health care inflation.

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Catto, J., Blazeby, J., Holmberg, L., Hamdy, F., & Brown, J. (2017). In defense of randomized clinical trials in surgery: Let us not forget Archie Cochrane's legacy. European Urology, 71(5), 820–821.

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Catto, J., et al. “In Defense of Randomized Clinical Trials in Surgery: Let Us Not Forget Archie Cochrane's Legacy.” European Urology, vol. 71, no. 5, Elsevier, 2017, pp. 820–21.

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Catto, J, J Blazeby, L Holmberg, F Hamdy, and J Brown. 2017. “In Defense of Randomized Clinical Trials in Surgery: Let Us Not Forget Archie Cochrane's Legacy.” European Urology 71 (5): 820–21.
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Publisher copy:: 10.1016/j.eururo.2016.12.029

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+ Blazeby, J More by this author

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+ Holmberg, L More by this author

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+ Hamdy, F More by this author

Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: MSD
Department:: Surgical Sciences
Oxford college:: Balliol College
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+ Brown, J More by this author

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Publisher:: Elsevier
Journal:: European Urology More from this journal
Volume:: 71
Issue:: 5
Pages:: 820-821
Publication date:: 2017-01-01
DOI:: 10.1016/j.eururo.2016.12.029
EISSN:: 1873-7560
ISSN:: 0302-2838
Pmid:: 28087094

Language:: English
Keywords:: Editorial
Pubs id:: pubs:673360
UUID:: uuid:158c0ccc-e68a-4ee0-a3e3-fe680a6e45a2
Local pid:: pubs:673360
Source identifiers:: 673360
Deposit date:: 2017-10-31

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