Surgery procedures were performed by the same orthopedic technique.
The surgeries were performed by the same neurosurgeon using the same technique of open carpal tunnel release.
This re-evaluation will be performed by the same team and by the same technique as the initial work-up.
20 21 Since all surgeries were performed by the same experienced surgeon using the same techniques and settings in our study, variations due to surgical techniques were minimised, and the disparity in corneal injury more likely resulted from different energy settings.
Subgroup analysis was performed by using the same techniques for the most frequently reported body part affected by pain to investigate associated risk factors.
The extractions were performed by the same surgeon using consistent techniques.
All measurements were performed by the same observer, using standard techniques [ 10].
The operations were performed by the same surgery team; the surgical technique was standardized, and general anesthesia was used for all patients.
However, the groups were homogeneous in that they consisted of only posterior approach hip arthroplasties, all performed by the same surgeon, thus removing surgeon technique and surgical approach as confounding variables.
We included patients submitted to cardiac surgery with CPB, electively started in the morning, performed by the same team under a standard technique except for the addition of methylprednisolone (15 mg/kg) to the CPB priming solution for patients from group MP (n = 37), but not for the remaining patients – group NS (n = 37).
