title: Randomized controlled trials and consolidated standards of reporting trials reporting quality: an evidence-based analysis of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, American Burn Association, and American Society for Surgery of the Hand conference meetings.
authors: Plastic, Hand, and Reconstructive Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
authors: Karsten
authors: K
authors: Knobloch
authors: Uzung
authors: U
authors: Yoon
authors: Peter M
authors: PM
authors: Vogt
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