Feasibility of individual patient data meta-analyses in orthopaedic surgery
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Feasibility of individual patient data meta-analyses in orthopaedic surgery
BACKGROUND The number of individual patient data meta-analyses published is very low especially in surgical domains. Our aim was to assess the feasibility of individual patient data (IPD) meta-analyses in orthopaedic surgery by determining whether trialists agree to send IPD for eligible trials. METHODS We performed a literature search to identify relevant research questions in orthopaedic su...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Medicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1741-7015
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-015-0376-6