Case series analysis, meta-analysis or no analysis in the evaluation of neurosurgical techniques: get better or get out

Editorial

Peter C Warnke. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2013 Aug.

. 2013 Aug;84(8):828.

doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2013-305130. Epub 2013 Mar 5.

No abstract available

Keywords: NEUROSURGERY.

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