The CONSORT Framework

Ryan P Merkow¹, Amy H Kaji^{2

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4}, Kamal M F Itani^{5

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Affiliations

¹ Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Surgical Outcomes and Quality Improvement Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, Harbor University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Torrance.
³ David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles.
⁴ Statistical Editor, JAMA Surgery.
⁵ Department of Surgery, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁶ Department of Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁷ Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

Ryan P Merkow et al. JAMA Surg. 2021.

. 2021 Sep 1;156(9):877-878.

doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2021.0549.

Ryan P Merkow¹, Amy H Kaji^{2

3

4}, Kamal M F Itani^{5

6

7}

¹ Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Surgical Outcomes and Quality Improvement Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, Harbor University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Torrance.
³ David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles.
⁴ Statistical Editor, JAMA Surgery.
⁵ Department of Surgery, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁶ Department of Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁷ Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

No abstract available

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