Levels of evidence in plastic surgery—bibliometric trends and comparison with five other surgical specialties

Levels of evidence in plastic surgery—bibliometric trends and comparison with five other surgical specialties

Background: Categorising research by level of evidence (LOE) is an important evidence-based medicine initiative. Our objective was to assess the change in LOEs in plastic surgery from 2003 to 2013 and compared this with five other surgical specialties. Methods: A search for all research articles pub...

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Main Authors:	Agha, R, Devesa, M, Whitehurst, K, Fowler, A, Coe, R, Wellstead, G, Orgill, D, McCulloch, P
Format:	Journal article
Published:	Springer Nature 2016

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