Journal of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 4-10 , January 2010

Publication bias in oral and maxillofacial surgery journals: An observation on published controlled trials

  • Poramate Pitak-Arnnop, DDS, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral, Craniomaxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery (Head: Prof. Alexander Hemprich MD, DMD, PhD), Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
    • Laboratory of Medical Ethics and Legal Medicine (Head: Prof. Christian Herve MD, PhD), Faculty of Medicine, University Paris 5 (René Descartes), Paris, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationDr. Poramate PITAK-ARNNOP, DDS, MSc, Klinik und Poliklinik für Mund-, Kiefer- und Plastische Gesichtschirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig AöR Nürnberger Str. 57, 04103 Leipzig Germany. Tel.: +49 341 97 21 100; Fax: +49 341 97 21 109.
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  • Robert Sader, MD, DMD, PhD, FEBOMS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral, Craniomaxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery (Head: Prof. Robert Sader MD, DMD, PhD, FEBOMS), Faculty of Medicine, Medical Centre of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe – University Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt, Germany
    • ,
  • Alexander D. Rapidis, MD, DDS, PhD, FEBOMS, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Maxillofacial/Head and Neck Surgery (Head: Prof. Alexander D. Rapidis MD, DDS, PhD, FEBOMS, FACS), Greek Anticancer Institute, Saint Savvas Hospital, Athens, Greece
    • ,
  • Kittipong Dhanuthai, DDS, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral Pathology (Head: Assoc. Prof. Somporn Swasdison DDS, PhD), Faculty of Dentistry, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
    • ,
  • Ute Bauer, MD, DMD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral, Craniomaxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery (Head: Prof. Alexander Hemprich MD, DMD, PhD), Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
    • ,
  • Chistian Herve, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Medical Ethics and Legal Medicine (Head: Prof. Christian Herve MD, PhD), Faculty of Medicine, University Paris 5 (René Descartes), Paris, France
    • Share equally in the credit and work for this paper.
    • ,
  • Alexander Hemprich, MD, DMD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral, Craniomaxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery (Head: Prof. Alexander Hemprich MD, DMD, PhD), Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
    • Share equally in the credit and work for this paper.

Received 30 March 2009 ,Accepted 5 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jcms.2009.10.005

Journal of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 4-10 , January 2010

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