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Adequate reporting of the sample size calculation in surgical randomized controlled trials

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Background: The sample size calculation for a randomized controlled trial should assure that a statistically significant and clinically relevant difference can be detected with a high probability. To be certain that readers of a randomized controlled trial can critically judge whether the assumptions for the sample size calculation were realistic, a number of specific subitems should be reported.

Methods: In this minireview, the frequency of adequat...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1016/j.surg.2019.10.011

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDORMS
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-3301-8085
Publisher:
Elsevier Publisher's website
Journal:
Surgery Journal website
Volume:
167
Issue:
5
Pages:
812-814
Publication date:
2019-11-29
Acceptance date:
2019-10-14
DOI:
EISSN:
1532-7361
ISSN:
0039-6060
Language:
English
Pubs id:
pubs:1070121
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uuid:a931cafc-9c60-4d4b-9836-5134bb8d05b4
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pubs:1070121
Source identifiers:
1070121
Deposit date:
2019-11-05

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