Evidence based medicine in orthopedic surgery. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Guest editors, Safdar N. Khan, Mark A. Lee, Munish C. Gupta.
• Other Names: Khan, Safdar N; Lee, Mark A; Gupta, Munish C
• Contents: Preface: Evidence based medicine in orthopedic surgery -- Principles of evidence-based medicine -- Evidence-based orthopedic surgery: is it possible? -- Challenges of randomized controlled surgical trials -- Optimal treatment of femoral neck fractures according to patient's physiologic age: an evidence-based review -- Fusion versus disk replacement for degenerative conditions of the lumbar and cervical spine: quid est testimonium? -- Contemporary management of symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis -- Cervical spondylotic myelopathy: a review of the evidence -- Dynamic constructs for spinal fusion: an evidense-based review -- Contemporary management of symptomatic lumbar disc herniations -- Clavical fractures in 2010: sling/swathe or open reduction and internal fixation? -- Lower extremity assessment project (LEAP)-the best available evidence of limb-threatening lower extremity trauma -- A clinical appraisal of the SPRINT trial -- Graft selection for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a level I systematic review comparing failure rates and functional outcomes -- Hip resurfacing arthroplasty: a review of the evidence for surgical technique, outcome, and complications -- DVT prophylaxis in total joint reconstruction.
• Publisher Details: Philadelphia, Pa : Saunders
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, pages [131]-285), illustrations
• Subjects: 617.47; Orthopedic surgery; Evidence-based medicine; Evidence-Based Medicine; Orthopedic Procedures; MEDICAL -- Surgery -- General; Evidence-based medicine; Orthopedic surgery; Electronic journals -- Sciences; Electronic journals -- Medicine; Electronic journals -- Nursing; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781455700509; 1455700509
• Related ISBNs: 9781437718485; 1437718485
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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