Do surgery journals insist on reporting by CONSORT and PRISMA? A follow-up survey of 'instructions to authors'.

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Published in Ann Med Surg (Lond) on January 05, 2015

Authors

Tanya A Smith1, Priyantha Kulatilake1, Lucy J Brown2, James Wigley3, Waseem Hameed4, Saran Shantikumar5

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Vascular Pathology, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS2 8HW, UK.
2: Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK.
3: Department of Critical Care, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UK.
4: Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK.
5: Department of Vascular Pathology, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS2 8HW, UK ; Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK.

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