Evidence-based surgery: Barriers, solutions, and the role of evidence synthesis

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1723-1731

  Garas, George ^a   Ibrahim, Amel ^a   Ashrafian, Hutan ^a   Ahmed, Kamran ^a   Patel, Vanash ^a   Okabayashi, Koji ^a   Skapinakis, Petros ^a   Darzi, Ara ^a   Athanasiou, Thanos ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MASS COMMUNICATION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW;

DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84866650622     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-012-1597-x     Document Type: Review

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