Randomized controlled trials and neurosurgery: the ideal fit or should alternative methodologies be considered?

摘要

OBJECTIVE Randomized -controlled trials (RCTs) are advocated to provide high-level medical evidence. However, in neurosurgery, there are barriers to conducting RCTs. The authors of this study sought to analyze the quality of neurosurgical RCTs since 2000 to determine the adequacy of their design and reporting.