Response to the Comment on "Neyman's Bias in Online Voluntary Databases!"

Affiliations

¹ Gastrointestinal Surgery Department, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
² Department of Surgery, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Comment

Sapho Xenia Roodbeen et al. Ann Surg. 2021.

. 2021 Dec 1;274(6):e702-e703.

doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003898.

¹ Gastrointestinal Surgery Department, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
² Department of Surgery, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest.

Predictive Factors and Risk Model for Positive Circumferential Resection Margin Rate After Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision in 2653 Patients With Rectal Cancer.
Roodbeen SX, de Lacy FB, van Dieren S, Penna M, Ris F, Moran B, Tekkis P, Bemelman WA, Hompes R; International TaTME Registry Collaborative. Roodbeen SX, et al. Ann Surg. 2019 Nov;270(5):884-891. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003516. Ann Surg. 2019. PMID: 31634183
Comment on: "Neyman's Bias in Online Voluntary Databases!".
Felsenreich DM, Gachabayov M, Rojas A, Bendl R, Palmer S, Bergamaschi R. Felsenreich DM, et al. Ann Surg. 2021 Dec 1;274(6):e701-e702. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003900. Ann Surg. 2021. PMID: 33006453 No abstract available.

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