Critical appraisal:White RR, Avital I, Sofocleous CT, Brown KT, Brody LA, Covey A, et al 2007 2
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Risk of bias assessment: cohort study
Subject selection
"New technology" group
- Highly selected or not described
Comparison group
- Highly selected or not described
Comparability of groups on demographic characteristics and clinical features
- Not comparable and not adjusted for differences
Measurement of outcomes
Same method of measurement used across comparison groups
- Yes
Completeness of follow-up
Was follow-up complete and were all patients included in the analysis?
- No or not described
Overall risk of bias
High risk of bias | Additional comments: Please replace this text and include any additional comments in regards to your risk of bias rating |
- Article
- White RR, Avital I, Sofocleous CT, Brown KT, Brody LA, Covey A, et al. Rates and patterns of recurrence for percutaneous radiofrequency ablation and open wedge resection for solitary colorectal liver metastasis. J Gastrointest Surg 2007 Mar;11(3):256-63 Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17458595.
- Assigned to
- User:Verity.chadwick
- Topic area
- Guidelines:Colorectal cancer
- Clinical question
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