ClayNRDiasJJCostiganPSGreggPJBartonNJ. Need the thumb be immobilised in scaphoid fractures? A randomised prospective trial. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1991, 73: 828–32.
3.
GiddinsGE. The non-operative management of hand fractures. J Hand Surg Eur. 2015, 40E: 33–41.
4.
Giddins G and Leblebicioğlu G (Eds) Evidence based data in hand surgery and therapy. Federation of European Societies for Surgery of the Hand 2017.
5.
HopewellSLoudonKClarkeMJOxmanADDickersinK. Publication bias in clinical trials due to statistical significance or direction of trial results. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2009, 21: MR00006.
6.
JonesCWHandlerLCrowellKEKellLGWeaverMAPlatts-MillsTF. Non-publication of large randomized clinical trials: cross sectional analysis. BMJ. 2013, 347: f6104.
7.
KankaanpääAA. Management of fractured scaphoid bone. A prospective study of 100 fractures. Acta Orthop Scand. 1975, 46: 737–43.
8.
LeeKBacchettiPSimI. Publication of clinical trials supporting successful new drug applications: a literature analysis. PloS Med. 2008, 5: e191.
9.
LiKSambareTDJiangSYShearerEJDouglassNPKamalRN. Effectiveness of preoperative antibiotics in preventing surgical site infection after common soft tissue procedures of the hand. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2018, 476: 664–73.
10.
O'ConnorAMLlewellyn-ThomasHAFloodAB. (2004) Modifying unwarranted variations in health care: shared decision making using patient decision aids. Health Aff (Millwood). Suppl Variation: VAR63–72.
11.
OkikeKKocherMS. The legal and ethical issues surrounding financial conflict of interest in orthopaedic research. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2007, 89: 910–3.
12.
SekharMSVyasN. Defensive medicine: a bane to healthcare. Ann Med Health Sci Res. 2013, 3: 295–6.
13.
TurnerEHMatthewsAMLinardatosETellRARosenthalR. Selective publication of antidepressant trials and its influence on apparent efficacy. N Engl J Med. 2008, 358: 252–60.
14.
YuanFAliuOChungKCMahmoudiE. Evidence-based practice in the surgical treatment of thumb carpometacarpal joint arthritis. J Hand Surg Am. 2017, 42: 104–12.