Tag: Canadian Society for Vascular Surgery

SVS mourns death of Past President Kenneth Wayne Johnston

The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) mourns the death of Kenneth Wayne Johnston, an SVS member, former president and recipient in 2009 of the...

Virtual visits versus in-person: Telemedicine study detects ‘substantial’ cost savings for...

Virtual consultations appear comparable to care received in-person when it comes to clinical outcomes as well as patient and practitioner satisfaction, a systematic review...

PAD: Endovascular revascularization ‘superior or not significantly different’ in terms of...

A real-world analysis of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) patients in Canada indicated open revascularization may not offer a long-term benefit over endovascular intervention. In...

Interview: Combating the problem of spin, or overinterpretation, in RCTs

The presence of spin, or overinterpretation, in scientific papers that ultimately demonstrate statistically insignificant findings had been gnawing away at Thomas Forbes, MD, for...
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Canadian Vascular: Spin in RCTs

A large proportion of statistically nonsignificant randomized controlled trials (RCTs) yielded interpretations that were inconsistent with their results, according to an analysis of 31...