Journal article
Efficacy versus effectiveness in clinical trials
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The Bone & Joint Journal is keen on randomised clinical trials. The reason for this is straightforward. Randomisation is a simple and highly effective way of reducing the effects of ‘confounding factors’ in comparative research. Trauma and orthopaedic surgery has some of the most effective interventions in medicine. However, all surgical interventions are ‘complex’ in that they have many interacting facets which each contribute to the overall result. The selection of patients, the pre-ope...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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(Accepted manuscript, pdf, 398.3KB)
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1302/0301-620X.99B4.BJJ-2016-1247
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- Publisher:
- British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Bone and Joint Journal Journal website
- Volume:
- 99-B
- Issue:
- 4
- Pages:
- 419-420
- Publication date:
- 2017-04-06
- Acceptance date:
- 2016-12-15
- DOI:
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2049-4408
- ISSN:
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2049-4394
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pubs:687990
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uuid:67d6dd56-b14b-4065-b96a-8b8d04720938
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- pubs:687990
- Deposit date:
- 2017-04-06
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- British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Notes:
- © 2017 the British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from the British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery at: 10.1302/0301-620X.99B4.BJJ-2016-1247
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