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Title: Reporting of adverse events in surgical trials: critical appraisal of current practice
Journal: World Journal of surgery
Authors: Rachel Rosenthal, MD, MSc, Henry Hoffmann, MD, Kerry Dwan, PhD, Pierre-Alain Clavien, MD, PhD, Heiner C. Bucher, MD, MPH
Corresponding author: Rachel Rosenthal, Department of Surgery, University Hospital Basel, Spitalstrasse 26, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland, Phone: +41 61 556 53 63, Fax: +41 61 265 88 81, Email:
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