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Reply to Letter to Editor: Orthopaedic Surgeons Prefer to Participate in Expertise-based Randomized Trials

Authors: Dianne Bryant, MSc, PhD, P. J. Devereaux, MD, PhD, FRCPC, Elzbieta Bednarska, BHSc (Hon)

Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® | Issue 1/2009

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We thank Dr. Biau and Professor Porcher for their comments regarding our recently published article, “Orthopaedic Surgeons Prefer to Participate in Expertise-based Randomized Trials” [1]. We wish to first emphasize we do not view the expertise-based design as a panacea for all challenges related to surgical trials. We do, however, view the expertise-based design as an option that holds substantial promise, under circumstances outlined in our paper, to provide less biased results than the conventional design and to enhance feasibility of conducting randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in surgery. …

Bednarska E, Bryant D, Devereaux, PJ. Orthopaedic surgeons prefer to participate in expertise-based randomized trials. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2008;466:1734–1744.PubMedCrossRef

Devereaux PJ, Bhandari M, Clarke M, Montori VM, Cook DJ, Yusuf S, Sackett DL, Cinà CS, Walter SD, Haynes B, Schünemann HJ, Norman GR, Guyatt GH. Need for expertise based randomised controlled trials. BMJ. 2005;330:88.PubMedCrossRef

Title: Reply to Letter to Editor: Orthopaedic Surgeons Prefer to Participate in Expertise-based Randomized Trials
Authors: Dianne Bryant, MSc, PhD
P. J. Devereaux, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Elzbieta Bednarska, BHSc (Hon)
Publication date: 01-01-2009
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® / Issue 1/2009
Print ISSN: 0009-921X
Electronic ISSN: 1528-1132
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-008-0576-x

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