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Reality check: Study brings ‘significant’ gap between randomized and real-world vascular patient populations into sharp focus
The randomized data foundation on which clinicians base decision-making for vascular surgery patients is derived from populations that do not represent the patients they see and treat on a day-to-day basis, a new research paper has found. The review, recently…
STEVECO trial calls into question randomization in the venous stenting field
Recruitment proved to be a major challenge for the STEVECO (Stent versus conservative treatment in patients with deep venous obstruction) randomized controlled trial (RCT), prompting discussion on how best to randomize patients in future trials, the ethics of doing so,…