Journal of Long-Term Effects of Medical Implants

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2007, Volume17

Issue 2

119 pages

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Dan Vena
Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Eric Morrison
Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics,McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Sheila Sprague
Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics,McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Beate Hanson
AO-Clinical Investigation, Zurich, Switzerland

Anders Joensson
Osteosynthesis and Trauma Care Foun¬dation, Nice, France

Mohit Bhandari
Division of Orthopaedic Trauma, Hamilton Health Sciences, General Hospital Site, 237 Barton Street East, Hamilton, Ontario L8L 2X2 Canada

Evidence-based orthopaedic surgery emphasizes the need to properly appraise the available literature to evaluate the efficacy of therapeutic interventions before accepting them into daily practice. A properly designed and well-conducted randomized controlled trial provides a very high level of evidence on which to guide clinical decisions in orthopaedic surgery. The purpose of this article is to assist orthopaedic surgeons with this process, focusing on critically reviewing randomized controlled trials.

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