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World Journal of Surgery
Published in: World Journal of Surgery 5/2005

01-05-2005

What Should Surgeons Know about Evidence-based Surgery

Authors: Chadli Dziri, M.D., Abe Fingerhut, M.D.

Published in: World Journal of Surgery | Issue 5/2005

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The practice of medicine has long been an empiric enterprise. In 1996, Sackett et al. [1] immortalized a new concept they called evidence-based medicine (EBM). They defined it as “the conscientious and judicious use of current best evidence from clinical care research in the management of individual patients.” The history of EBM, chronologically detailed through its evolution in this review, tells us that the concept has been on surgeons’ minds for years but has come to fruition in the electronic age. …
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Sackett, DL, Rosenberg, WM, Gray, JA 1996Evidence based medicine: what it is, what it isn’tB. M. J.3127172
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Guller, U, Long, ER 2004Interpreting statistics in medical literature: a Vade Mecum for surgeonsJ. Am. Coll. Surg198441458CrossRefPubMed
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Metadata
Title
What Should Surgeons Know about Evidence-based Surgery
Authors
Chadli Dziri, M.D.
Abe Fingerhut, M.D.
Publication date
01-05-2005
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
World Journal of Surgery / Issue 5/2005
Print ISSN: 0364-2313
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2323
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-005-7909-7

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