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. 2018 Jul 7;8(7):e021700. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-021700

Table 2.

Reasons for trials remaining unpublished

Emergency surgery;
number
(% of total)
Elective surgery;
number
(% of total)
All, number (%)
Completed and awaiting publication 7 (33.3) 62 (34.4) 69 (34.3)
Ongoing data collection 4 (19.0) 65 (36.1) 69 (34.3)
Terminated 7 (33.3) 29 (15.6) 36 (17.9)
Unknown 3 (14.3) 24 (13.9) 27 (13.4)
Total 21 (100) 180 (100) 201 (100)

Decimals do not add up exactly to total due to rounding.