title: CONSORT, randomized trials and the surgical scientific community.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University Hospital, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Liem
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: van der Graaf
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: van Vroonhoven
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative