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Acta Neurochirurgica
Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica 1/2012

01-01-2012 | Book Review

A. R. Vaccaro, J. C. Eck (eds): Controversies in spine surgery: best evidence recommendations

Thieme Medical Publishing, New York, NY, 2010, pp 279, US$139.95, ISBN: 9781604062397

Authors: Winston Liao, Michael Y. Wang

Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica | Issue 1/2012

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Evidence-based medicine (EBM) has recently become increasingly popularized in the United States and Europe. In the future this trend is likely to guide healthcare policy as increasing scrutiny is directed towards proven clinical outcomes and healthcare resource redistribution. For the neurosurgeon, a working knowledge of the basic tenets of this building wave will become increasingly important, and in the years to come it is likely that a neurosurgeon’s decision to perform a diagnostic test or procedure will need to be based upon some element of scientific evidence to support its use (and its reimbursement). …
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Title
A. R. Vaccaro, J. C. Eck (eds): Controversies in spine surgery: best evidence recommendations
Thieme Medical Publishing, New York, NY, 2010, pp 279, US$139.95, ISBN: 9781604062397
Authors
Winston Liao
Michael Y. Wang
Publication date
01-01-2012
Publisher
Springer Vienna
Published in
Acta Neurochirurgica / Issue 1/2012
Print ISSN: 0001-6268
Electronic ISSN: 0942-0940
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-011-1150-y

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