title: The Use of Systematic Reviews When Designing and Reporting Surgical Trials.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland Basel Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland Department of Biostatistics, The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rosenthal
authors.forename: Heiner C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Bucher
authors.forename: Kerry
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dwan
mesh_terms: D015706:Bibliometrics; D006801:Humans; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012107:Research Design; D012196:Review Literature as Topic; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative