Collaborative multicenter trials in Latin America: challenges and opportunities in orthopedic and trauma surgery
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE Orthopedic research agendas should be considered from a worldwide perspective. Efforts should be planned as the means for obtaining evidence that is valid for health promotion with global outreach. DESIGN AND SETTING Exploratory study conducted at Universidade Federal de São...
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| author | Vinicius Ynoe de Moraes Joao Carlos Belloti Flavio Faloppa Mohit Bhandari |
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| description | CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE Orthopedic research agendas should be considered from a worldwide perspective. Efforts should be planned as the means for obtaining evidence that is valid for health promotion with global outreach. DESIGN AND SETTING Exploratory study conducted at Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), São Paulo, Brazil, and McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada. METHODS We identified and analyzed collaborative and multicenter research in Latin America, taking into account American and Canadian efforts as the reference points. We explored aspects of the data available from official sources and used data from traffic accidents as a model for discussing collaborative research in these countries. RESULTS The evaluation showed that the proportion of collaborative and multicenter studies in our setting is small. A brief analysis showed that the death rate due to traffic accidents is very high. Thus, it seems clear to us that initiatives involving collaborative studies are important for defining and better understanding the patterns of injuries resulting from orthopedic trauma and the forms of treatment. Orthopedic research may be an important tool for bringing together orthopedic surgeons, researchers and medical societies for joint action. CONCLUSIONS We have indicated some practical guidelines for initiatives in collaborative research and have proposed some solutions with a summarized plan of action for conducting evidence-based research involving orthopedic trauma. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-923e5d79c1db438280077d615c09ec482022-12-22T03:18:28ZengAssociação Paulista de MedicinaSão Paulo Medical Journal1806-9460131318719210.1590/1516-3180.2013.1313555S1516-31802013000300187Collaborative multicenter trials in Latin America: challenges and opportunities in orthopedic and trauma surgeryVinicius Ynoe de MoraesJoao Carlos BellotiFlavio FaloppaMohit BhandariCONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE Orthopedic research agendas should be considered from a worldwide perspective. Efforts should be planned as the means for obtaining evidence that is valid for health promotion with global outreach. DESIGN AND SETTING Exploratory study conducted at Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), São Paulo, Brazil, and McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada. METHODS We identified and analyzed collaborative and multicenter research in Latin America, taking into account American and Canadian efforts as the reference points. We explored aspects of the data available from official sources and used data from traffic accidents as a model for discussing collaborative research in these countries. RESULTS The evaluation showed that the proportion of collaborative and multicenter studies in our setting is small. A brief analysis showed that the death rate due to traffic accidents is very high. Thus, it seems clear to us that initiatives involving collaborative studies are important for defining and better understanding the patterns of injuries resulting from orthopedic trauma and the forms of treatment. Orthopedic research may be an important tool for bringing together orthopedic surgeons, researchers and medical societies for joint action. CONCLUSIONS We have indicated some practical guidelines for initiatives in collaborative research and have proposed some solutions with a summarized plan of action for conducting evidence-based research involving orthopedic trauma.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802013000300187&lng=en&tlng=enMulticenter study [publication type]Fractures, boneTraumatologyOrthopedicsLatin America |
| spellingShingle | Vinicius Ynoe de Moraes Joao Carlos Belloti Flavio Faloppa Mohit Bhandari Collaborative multicenter trials in Latin America: challenges and opportunities in orthopedic and trauma surgery São Paulo Medical Journal Multicenter study [publication type] Fractures, bone Traumatology Orthopedics Latin America |
| title | Collaborative multicenter trials in Latin America: challenges and opportunities in orthopedic and trauma surgery |
| title_full | Collaborative multicenter trials in Latin America: challenges and opportunities in orthopedic and trauma surgery |
| title_fullStr | Collaborative multicenter trials in Latin America: challenges and opportunities in orthopedic and trauma surgery |
| title_full_unstemmed | Collaborative multicenter trials in Latin America: challenges and opportunities in orthopedic and trauma surgery |
| title_short | Collaborative multicenter trials in Latin America: challenges and opportunities in orthopedic and trauma surgery |
| title_sort | collaborative multicenter trials in latin america challenges and opportunities in orthopedic and trauma surgery |
| topic | Multicenter study [publication type] Fractures, bone Traumatology Orthopedics Latin America |
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