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Beware of the difference between randomized controlled trials and daily clinical practice (in reply to “Surgery or antibiotics for acute appendicitis? Take care about study’s design and methodology!”, by Ceresoli M, et al.)

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  1. Department of Surgery, General, Emergency and Robotic Surgical Unit, San Francesco Hospital, Via Mannironi, 1, 08100, Nuoro, Italy

    Mauro Podda

  2. Department of Surgery. II Clinica Chirurgica. Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

    Gaetano Poillucci

  3. Department of Surgery, Santissima Trinità Hospital, Cagliari, Italy

    Nicola Cillara

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Drs Podda, Poillucci, and Cillara contributed equally to this letter.

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Podda, M., Poillucci, G. & Cillara, N. Beware of the difference between randomized controlled trials and daily clinical practice (in reply to “Surgery or antibiotics for acute appendicitis? Take care about study’s design and methodology!”, by Ceresoli M, et al.). Updates Surg 70, 565–567 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13304-018-0540-6

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