Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

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JPRS encourages the authors of manuscript which includes clinical trials to share their de-identified research data including, but not limited to raw data, processed data, software, algorithms, protocols, methods, materials, study protocol, statistical analysis plan, informed consent form, clinical study report, analytic code. As required by ICMJE, all manuscripts that report the results of clinic…

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Various reporting guidelines have been developed for different study designs. Authors are encouraged to follow published standard reporting guidelines for the study discipline. CONSORT for randomized clinical trials CARE for case reports STROBE for observational studies PRISMA for systematic reviews and meta-analyses STARD for studies of diagnostic accuracy SAGERfor reporting of sex and gender inf…