A consecutive case series is a

clinical study Clinical trials are prospective biomedical or behavioral research studies on human participants designed to answer specific questions about biomedical or behavioral interventions, including new treatments (such as novel vaccines, drugs, dietar ...

that includes all eligible patients identified by the

researchers Research is "creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge". It involves the collection, organization and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, characterized by a particular attentiveness t ...

during the study registration period. The patients are treated in the order in which they are identified. This type of study usually does not have a

control group In the design of experiments, hypotheses are applied to experimental units in a treatment group. In comparative experiments, members of a control group receive a standard treatment, a placebo, or no treatment at all. There may be more than one t ...

. For example, in Sugrue, et al. (2016), a consecutive case series design was used to determine trends in hand surgery research.Sugrue, C.M., Joyce, C.W., Sugrue, R.M. and Carroll, S.M. (2016)
TRENDS IN THE LEVEL OF EVIDENCE IN CLINICAL HAND SURGERY RESEARCH
Hand (New York, N.Y.) 1558944715627619, first published on February 26, 2016 doi:10.1177/1558944715627619

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Consecutive case series
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