ArticleActa neurochirurgica2019
Randomized controlled trials in surgery and the glass ceiling effect.
Article in Acta neurochirurgica, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Minimally Invasive Hypoabsorptive Bariatric Surgery - A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials.Obesity surgery · 2026Pooled it
- Transversus Abdominus Plane Block for Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy-A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials.Obesity surgery · 2025Pooled it
- Evaluating the impact of enhanced recovery after surgery protocols following oesophagectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials.Diseases of the esophagus : official journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus · 2025Pooled it
- Evaluating the Impact of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Protocols on Surgical Outcomes Following Bariatric Surgery-A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomised Clinical Trials.Obesity surgery · 2024Pooled it
- Optimal primary wound closure methods after thyroid and parathyroid surgery: network meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.BJS open · 2023Pooled it
- Surgeon Skill Level, Experience, and Impact on Patient Outcomes: Rethinking Research Paradigms in Spine Surgery.International journal of spine surgery · 2025Article
- Bringing Back Theorizing Medical Hypotheses to Spine Surgery Research in an Age of Overreliance on Randomized Controlled Trials.International journal of spine surgery · 2025Article
- Bilateral-Contralateral Endoscopic Decompression as a Fusion-Deferral Strategy in Upper Lumbar Stenosis: A Structural Rationale and Conditional Framework-A Technical Note with Cases Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Editorial: Embracing Rasch Analysis for Enhanced Spine Surgery Outcomes-The Outsider's Viewpoint.International journal of spine surgery · 2024Article
- Insights on High-Value Procedures From the ISASS 4-Part Webinar Series on Current and Emerging Techniques in Endoscopic Spine Surgery Based on Surgeon Experience.International journal of spine surgery · 2024Article
- Randomized Clinical Trials and Observational Tribulations: Providing Clinical Evidence for Personalized Surgical Pain Management Care Models.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Article
- Is it feasible and ethical to randomize patients between surgery and non-surgical treatments for gastrointestinal cancers?Frontiers in oncology · 2023Review
- A Proposed Personalized Spine Care Protocol (SpineScreen) to Treat Visualized Pain Generators: An Illustrative Study Comparing Clinical Outcomes and Postoperative Reoperations between Targeted Endoscopic Lumbar Decompression Surgery, Minimally Invasive TLIF and Open Laminectomy.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Article
- Evidence-based Plastic Surgery: Assessing Progress over Two 5-year Periods from 2009 to 2019.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2021Article
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