Re-evaluating “Success” as It Pertains to Surgical Trials

The objective of this article is to review the difficulties with the design and interpretation of surgical clinical trials. Few surgical procedures are evaluated in a randomized fashion. There are a number of factors that make the design of surgical trials diffiuclt, and many surgical questions cannot be answered with a clinical trial. Issues with standardization of the surgical procedure, variability of surgical skills, and changes in surgical expertise over time further complicate the design and implementation of surgical trials.

Source: The Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology - October 24, 2020 Category: OBGYN Authors: R. Wendel Naumann Tags: Special Article Source Type: research