Identifying research waste from surgical research: a protocol for assessing compliance with the IDEAL framework and recommendations

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BACKGROUND: Orofacial clefts are the commonest type of congenital anomaly to affect the craniofacial region, affecting approximately 1 in 700 live births in the UK, with higher incidences in low-middle income countries. Surgical repair of cleft lip and/or palate is usually performed in infancy; however, there are concerning inequalities in access to and quality of surgical care, and few global outcome studies. Scoring aesthetic results after surgery is crucial when determining the success of...

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Authors: Yu, J; Shan, F; Hirst, A; McCulloch, P; Li, Y

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: BMJ
• Journal: BMJ Surgery Interventions & Health Technologies
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 1
• Pages: e000050-e000050
• Publication date: 2021-02-15
• Acceptance date: 2020-10-19
• DOI: 10.1136/bmjsit-2020-000050
• ISSN: 2631-4940
• Language: English
• Keywords: Medicine; Political science; Psychology; Compliance (psychology); Operations management; Ideal (ethics); Research design; Alternative medicine; Computer science; Pathology; Protocol (science); Engineering; Sociology; Management science