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Same Data, Opposite Results?A Call to Improve Surgical Database Research
Surgical database research is here to stay, and its use will only increase. Decisions made from the time the data set is imported to the final regression model can impact the validity of the findings. A system that questions these steps will pay off with replicable, valid data that are more likely to be accurate and beneficial when informing clinical practice.
