Evidence-based medicine in rapidly changing technologies

Scandinavian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 100-104

  Schroeder, Torben V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Endovascular surgery; Evidence based medicine; Randomized controlled trial; Stent graft; Tracker trial; Vascular surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM SURGERY; DATA BASE; DATA EXTRACTION; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REGISTER; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; STENT; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 44949222553     PISSN: 14574969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/145749690809700203     Document Type: Review

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