Randomized controlled trials in surgery and the glass ceiling effect

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[2] Kandzari DE(2009)A randomized trial of vertebroplasty for painful osteoporotic vertebral fractures N Engl J Med 361 557-568

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[7] Leon MB(2016)Early diaphragm pacing in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (RespiStimALS): a randomised controlled triple-blind trial Lancet Neurol 15 1217-1227

[8] Liu M(2019)Association between medical academic genealogy and publication outcome: impact of unconscious bias on scientific objectivity Acta Neurochir 23 019-03804

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[10] Negoita M(1996)Assessing the quality of reports of randomized clinical trials: is blinding necessary? Control Clin Trials 17 1-12

[1] Bhatt DL(2014)A controlled trial of renal denervation for resistant hypertension N Engl J Med 370 1393-1401

[2] Kandzari DE(2009)A randomized trial of vertebroplasty for painful osteoporotic vertebral fractures N Engl J Med 361 557-568

[3] O’Neill WW(1999)Assessing the quality of randomized trials: reliability of the Jadad scale Control Clin Trials 20 448-452

[4] D’Agostino R(2019)Two-year survival comparing web-based symptom monitoring vs routine surveillance following treatment for lung cancer Jama 321 306-307

[5] Flack JM(2015)A randomized sham-controlled trial of deep brain stimulation of the ventral capsule/ventral striatum for chronic treatment-resistant depression Biol Psychiatry 78 240-248

[6] Katzen BT(2012)Two hundred years of surgery N Engl J Med 366 1716-1723

[7] Leon MB(2016)Early diaphragm pacing in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (RespiStimALS): a randomised controlled triple-blind trial Lancet Neurol 15 1217-1227

[8] Liu M(2019)Association between medical academic genealogy and publication outcome: impact of unconscious bias on scientific objectivity Acta Neurochir 23 019-03804

[9] Mauri L(1996)Surgical research or comic opera: questions, but few answers Lancet. 347 984-985

[10] Negoita M(1996)Assessing the quality of reports of randomized clinical trials: is blinding necessary? Control Clin Trials 17 1-12