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Bone Joint Res. 2017 Apr;6(4):194-195. doi: 10.1302/2046-3758.64.BJR-2017-0051.

Surgical trial design - learning curve and surgeon volume: Determining whether inferior results are due to the procedure itself, or delivery of the procedure by the surgeon.

Bone & joint research

A H R W Simpson, C R Howie, J Norrie

Affiliations

  1. University of Edinburgh, Editor-in-Chief, Bone & Joint Research, 22 Buckingham Street, London WC2N 6ET, UK [email protected].
  2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, E16, 4SA, UK.
  3. Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, Nine Edinburgh BioQuater, 9 Little France Road, Edinburgh, EH16 4UX, and Director, Clinical Trials Unit, University of Edinburgh, Outpatients Building, Floor Two, Room D36, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road South, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK.

PMID: 28377379 PMCID: PMC5415901 DOI: 10.1302/2046-3758.64.BJR-2017-0051

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