Interventions in randomised controlled trials in surgery: issues to consider during trial design

Systematic Review of Learning Curves for Minimally Invasive Abdominal Surgery

(2014) Iliana J. Harrysson et al.   ANNALS OF SURGERY

Integration of robotic surgery into routine practice and impacts on communication, collaboration, and decision making: a realist process evaluation protocol

(2014) Rebecca Randell et al.   Implementation Science

The feasibility of a randomized controlled trial of esophagectomy for esophageal cancer - the ROMIO (Randomized Oesophagectomy: Minimally Invasive or Open) study: protocol for a randomized controlled trial

(2014) Kerry NL Avery et al.   Trials

Better reporting of interventions: template for intervention description and replication (TIDieR) checklist and guide

(2014) T. C. Hoffmann et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Impact of the Anesthesiologist and Surgeon on Cardiac Surgical Outcomes

(2013) Olympia Papachristofi et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR ANESTHESIA

Understanding surgical interventions in RCTs: the need for better methodology

(2013) KN Avery et al.   LANCET

Understanding the complexity of surgical interventions in rcts: the role of process evaluation in the operating theatre

(2013) Natalie Blencowe et al.   Trials

Development and feasibility testing of decision support for patients who are candidates for a prophylactic implantable defibrillator: a study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial

(2013) Sandra L Carroll et al.   Trials

Providing adequate and practical descriptions in surgical trials

(2013) N. Blencowe et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

SPIRIT 2013 explanation and elaboration: guidance for protocols of clinical trials

(2013) A.-W. Chan et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Minimal access surgery compared with medical management for gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: five year follow-up of a randomised controlled trial (REFLUX)

(2013) A. M. Grant et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Intervention description is not enough: evidence from an in-depth multiple case study on the untold role and impact of context in randomised controlled trials of seven complex interventions

(2012) Mary Wells et al.   Trials

Extracranial-Intracranial Bypass Surgery for Stroke Prevention in Hemodynamic Cerebral Ischemia

(2011) William J. Powers et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Amoxicillin plus clavulanic acid versus appendicectomy for treatment of acute uncomplicated appendicitis: an open-label, non-inferiority, randomised controlled trial

(2011) Corinne Vons et al.   LANCET

Effect of an Implantable Gentamicin-Collagen Sponge on Sternal Wound Infections Following Cardiac SurgeryA Randomized Trial

(2010) Elliott Bennett-Guerrero   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Endovascular versus Open Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

(2010)   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Randomized clinical trial of laparoscopic gastric bypass versus laparoscopic duodenal switch for superobesity

(2009) T. T. Søvik et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY

A pragmatic–explanatory continuum indicator summary (PRECIS): a tool to help trial designers

(2009) Kevin E. Thorpe et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

No surgical innovation without evaluation: the IDEAL recommendations

(2009) Peter McCulloch et al.   LANCET

Challenges in evaluating surgical innovation

(2009) Patrick L Ergina et al.   LANCET

Evaluation and stages of surgical innovations

(2009) Jeffrey S Barkun et al.   LANCET

Therapist variation within randomised trials of psychotherapy: implications for precision, internal and external validity

(2009) Rebecca Walwyn et al.   STATISTICAL METHODS IN MEDICAL RESEARCH

Making trials matter: pragmatic and explanatory trials and the problem of applicability

(2009) Shaun Treweek et al.   Trials

The challenges faced in the design, conduct and analysis of surgical randomised controlled trials

(2009) Jonathan A Cook   Trials

Developing and evaluating complex interventions: the new Medical Research Council guidance

(2008) Peter Craig et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal