Negative pressure wound therapy: Potential publication bias caused by lack of access to unpublished study results data

Table 9 Sources of 11 published full-text articles on 12 RCTs: manufacturers, authors, congress proceedings, and authorities

		Manufacturers		Authors*	Congress proceedings*	Authorities*
No	Full-text articles	Kinetic Concepts, Inc.	Blue Sky Medical			Experts 2003^†	Others
1	Braakenburg 2006 [21]	+	-	-	-	-	-
2	Stannard 2006 [80]^‡	+	-	-	-	-	-
3	Vuerstaek 2006 [23]	+	-	-	-	-	-
4	Llanos 2006 [25]	-	-	-	-	-	-
5	Armstrong 2005 [22]	+	-	-	-	-	-
6	Moisidis 2004 [18]	+	-	-	-	-	-
7	Moues 2004 [20]	+	-	-	-	-	-
8	Eginton 2003 [17]	+	-	-	-	+	-
9	Wanner 2003 [24]	+	-	-	-	+	-
10	Ford 2002 [30]	+	-	-	-	+	-
11	Joseph 2000 [19]	+	-	-	-	+	-
		10	0	0	0	4	0

* See Table 1.
† Citations submitted by experts to the German Federal Joint Committee.
‡ Stannard 2006 [80]: one article presenting preliminary results of 2 ongoing RCTs [40,41].
RCT: randomised controlled trial

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