Two decades of surgical randomized controlled trials: worldwide trends in volume and methodological quality.
Aagje Johanna Martina PronkAnne RoelofsDavid R FlumH Jaap BonjerMohammed Abu HilalMarcel G W DijkgraafMarc G H BesselinkUsama Ahmed AliPublished in: The British journal of surgery (2023)
The volume of published surgical RCTs worldwide remained stable in the past decade but their methodological quality improved. Considerable geographical shifts were observed, with Asia and especially China leading in terms of volume. Individual European countries are leading in their relative volume and methodological quality of surgical RCTs.
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