Overview
Provides evidence-based guidance.
Includes informative illustrative cases.
Highlights key points for best practice.
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Table of contents (31 chapters)
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About this book
Chapters explain the methodological issues pertaining to the various study designs reported in the surgical literature. Most chapters begin with a clinical scenario with uncertain course of action with which most surgeons are struggling. Readers are taught how to search the literature for the best evidence that will answer the surgical problem under discussion. An identified article that seems relevant to the problem you are investigating can be appraised by addressing 3 key questions: 1). Is the study I am reading valid? 2). What are the results of this study? 3). Can I apply these results to my patients?
While the primary goal of Evidence-Based Surgery is to teach surgeons how to appraise the surgical literature, an added benefit is that the concepts explained here may help research-minded surgeons produce higher quality research.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery
Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact (HEI)
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Sheila Sprague,
Department of Surgery, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery
Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact (HEI)
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Sophocles H. Voineskos
Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery
McMaster UniversityHamilton, Ontario, Canada
Charlie H. Goldsmith
Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact (HEI)
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine,
The University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Evidence-Based Surgery
Book Subtitle: A Guide to Understanding and Interpreting the Surgical Literature
Editors: Achilles Thoma, Sheila Sprague, Sophocles H. Voineskos, Charles H. Goldsmith
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05120-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-05119-8Published: 04 April 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-05120-4Published: 25 March 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 360
Number of Illustrations: 18 b/w illustrations, 37 illustrations in colour
Topics: General Surgery