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The IDEAL framework describes the stages of evaluation for surgical innovations. This paper considers the role of observational studies in the exploration and assessment stages. At the exploration stage, the surgical intervention is usually more widely used, and observational studies should collect prospective data from multiple surgeons, deal with factors such as case mix and learning, and prepare for a definitive evaluation at the next stage of assessment. Although a randomised controlled t...
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- 10.1136/bmj.f3011
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- BMJ Publishing Group Publisher's website
- Journal:
- BMJ (Clinical research ed.) Journal website
- Volume:
- 346
- Issue:
- jun18 3
- Pages:
- f3011
- Chapter number:
- ARTN f3011
- Publication date:
- 2013-01-01
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1756-1833
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0959-8138
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uuid:a733053d-99a2-4a9d-ba21-3cabd5107295
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416568
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- English
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- Ergina et al.
- Copyright date:
- 2013
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- This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 3.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/.
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IDEAL framework for surgical innovation 2: observational studies in the exploration and assessment stages.
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