UCLA Brain Mapping Center

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Standards for reporting randomized controlled trials in neurosurgery.

Kiehna EN; Starke RM; Pouratian N; Dumont AS;
Journal of neurosurgery. 2011-Feb; 114(280-5):2
 
The Consolidated Standards for Reporting of Trials (CONSORT) criteria were published in 1996 to standardize the reporting and improve the quality of clinical trials. Despite having been endorsed by major medical journals and shown to improve the quality of reported trials, neurosurgical journals have yet to formally adopt these reporting criteria. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the quality and reporting of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in neurosurgery and the factors that may affect the quality of reported trials.
 
PMID: 21054137    doi: 10.3171/2010.8.JNS091770
 

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