Innovation in surgery: The rules of evidence

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 399-405

  Meakins, Jonathan L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Innovation; New technology; Rules of evidence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST SURGERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 0036230864     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(02)00825-5     Document Type: Article

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