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The STROCSS statement: Strengthening the Reporting of Cohort Studies in Surgery

Riaz Agha, +48 more
- 01 Oct 2017 - 
- Vol. 46, pp 198-202
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The development of the STROCSS guideline (Strengthening the Reporting of Cohort Studies in Surgery), consisting of a 17-item checklist, is described and it is hoped its use will increase the transparency and reporting quality of such studies.
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This article is published in International Journal of Surgery.The article was published on 2017-10-01 and is currently open access. It has received 736 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Guideline & Checklist.

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Risk Factors and Reasons for Cancellation Within 24 H of Scheduled Elective Surgery in an Academic Medical Centre: A Cohort Study

Aidan L. Tan, +8 more
- 01 Jun 2019 - 
TL;DR: Several patient and system factors can be used to identify scheduled surgeries that are at high likelihood of cancellation within 24 h of surgery, which may inform strategies to improve the efficiency of OT utilization, including having a dedicated preoperative anaesthesia assessment clinic.
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Trends and outcomes in laparoscopic versus open surgery for rectal cancer from 2005 to 2016 using the ACS-NSQIP database, a retrospective cohort study.

Catherine H. Davis, +10 more
- 01 Mar 2019 - 
TL;DR: Data suggest that laparoscopic surgery has been widely adopted for treating patients with rectal cancer, and the trend continues despite the ACOSOG Z6051 recommendations suggesting that Laparoscopic resection may not be best technique for resection.
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The effect of the cerclage wire in the treatment of subtrochanteric femur fracture with the long proximal femoral nail: A review of 52 cases.

Bekir Eray Kilinc, +3 more
- 01 Aug 2018 - 
TL;DR: Open reduction and the use of cerclage did not produce a negative effect in terms of fracture union and the generation of medial support by anatomical reduction of the fracture prevents the implant failure and provide a basis for union.
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Study protocol for a multicenter prospective cohort study on esophagogastric anastomoses and anastomotic leak (the Oesophago-Gastric Anastomosis Audit/OGAA)

Richard P T Evans, +15 more
- 19 Mar 2019 - 
TL;DR: A 12-month international multicentre prospective audit started in April 2018 and is coordinated by a team from the West Midlands Research Collaborative to determine the effect on the anastomotic leak rate of esophagectomy practice.
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Preferred Reporting Items for RAndomized Trials in Endodontics (PRIRATE) guidelines: a development protocol

Venkateshbabu Nagendrababu, +7 more
- 01 Jul 2019 - 
TL;DR: The project leads designed a robust process to develop the PRIRATE guidelines, to improve the planning and reporting quality of randomized trials in the field of Endodontics, which will be published in journals and actively disseminated to educational institutions, national and international academic societies and presented at scientific meetings.
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Riaz Agha, +4 more
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