Surgical Research

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxxiii

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2. The Surgeon as Investigator

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Toward a Definition of Surgical Research

      • H. Troidl, M. F. McKneally

      Pages 3-7

   3. The Ideal of Surgical Research: From the Bedside to the Laboratory and Back

      • R. C.-J. Chiu, D. S. Mulder

      Pages 9-14

   4. Developing New Knowledge in Community Practice

      • R. J. McKenna Jr.

      Pages 15-22

   5. Selected Historical Perspectives on the Evolution of Surgical Science

      • W. R. Chitwood Jr., D. C. Sabiston Jr.

      Pages 23-38

   6. Surgeons Who Have Won the Nobel Prize

      • J. Yee, D. S. Mulder

      Pages 39-47

   7. The Historical Evolution of Clinical Research

      • A. V. Pollock

      Pages 49-56

3. Reading and Writing

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-57

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   2. Appraising New Information

      • M. T. Schechter, F. E. LeBlanc, V. A. Lawrence

      Pages 59-68

   3. How I Read and Assess a Scientific Paper

      • M. Rothmund, B. Stinner

      Pages 69-74

   4. Publications Do Not Always Reflect the Real World

      • M. F. McKneally, S. D. Cassivi, H. Troidl

      Pages 75-81

   5. Computer-Based Literature Searches

      • P. W. T. Pisters, K. J. Hoffman

      Pages 83-95

   6. Facing the Blank Page/Screen

      • M. F. McKneally, J. A. Bennett

      Pages 97-104

   7. Getting Your Abstract on the Program

      • B. A. Pruitt Jr., A. D. Mason Jr.

      Pages 105-109

   8. Writing a Scientific Paper

      • A. V. Pollock, M. Evans

      Pages 111-117

   9. Where Should You Publish Your Paper?

      • M. Rothmund, D. Bartsch, W. Lorenz

      Pages 119-126

   10. What to Do When You Are Asked to Write a Chapter

       • B. Lewerich, D. Götze

       Pages 127-129

   11. Organizing Your Reference Material

       • R. Lefering, E. A. M. Neugebauer

       Pages 131-136

   12. Reviewing Books and Refereeing Scientific Papers

       • J. R. Farndon

       Pages 137-143

Surgical Research: Basic Principles and Clinical Practice, Third Edition is an excellent source book for the young surgical investigator as well as the senior investigator in surgery. It is divided into nine sections: The Surgeon as Investigator, Reading and Writing, Speaking and Listening, Design and Methods, Funding, Implementation, Analyzing Outcomes, Ethical Issues and Perspectives. The Third Edition has been updated and added to with 43 new chapters. This book is of special interest to those surgeons interested in doing research. However, it also has many very interesting chapters that would help all surgeons in approaching their practice in a more scientific way. With many of the foremost surgical investigators contributing, this book is an excellent collection of chapters covering the entire gamut of surgical research.

• Chirurgie
• Medizinische Forschung
• Radiologieinformationssystem
• Surgery
• biostatistics
• computer
• computerassistierte Detektion
• evaluation
• health
• intensive care unit
• planning
• statistics
• transplantation

"...provides one of the most complete introductions that I have seen on the practical conduct of clinical and scientific investigations ...the investigative processes it describes are common to all the clinical sciences. The beginning clinician-scientist in any field will find much of value here." - The New England Journal of Medicine, on the Second Edition.

• Department of Surgery, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

  H. Troidl

• Joint Centre for Bioethics, and The Toronto Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

  M. F. McKneally

• Department of Surgery, McGill University, Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, Canada

  D. S. Mulder

• Department of Surgery, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA

  A. S. Wechsler

• Department of Anaesthesia, Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA

  B. McPeek

• Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, USA

  W. O. Spitzer

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