Canadian Journal of Surgery / Users' Guide to the Surgical Literature
The Canadian Journal of Surgery has been publishing a series of articles entitled "The Users' Guide to the Surgical Literature" which is based on the JAMA article series on Evidence Based Medicine. This series is lead by the Surgical Outcomes Research Center (SOURCE) of McMaster University. The articles are focused around a surgical clinical scenario with the appropriate methodology reviewed and discussed as it applies to using research in surgical practice.
Archibald, S., M. Bhandari, A. Thoma and G. Evidence-Based Surgery Working Group. Surgical Outcomes Research Centre, Department of Surgery, St. Joseph's Hospital, Hamilton, Ont. (2001). "Users' guides to the surgical literature: how to use an article about a diagnostic test. Evidence-Based Surgery Working Group." Can J Surg 44(1): 17-23. PDF Full-Text
Bhandari, M., P. J. Devereaux, V. Montori, C. Cina, V. Tandan, G. H. Guyatt and G. Evidence-Based Surgery Working Group. Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. bhandari@sympatico.ca. (2004). "Users' guide to the surgical literature: how to use a systematic literature review and meta-analysis." Can J Surg 47(1): 60-7. PDF Full-Text
Birch, D. W., A. Eady, D. Robertson, S. De Pauw, V. Tandan and G. Evidence-Based Surgery Working Group. Surgical Outcomes Research Centre, Department of Surgery, St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, Ont. (2003). "Users' guide to the surgical literature: how to perform a literature search." Can J Surg 46(2): 136-41. PDF Full-Text
Birch, D. W., C. H. Goldsmith, V. Tandan and G. Evidence-Based Surgery Working Group. Surgical Outcomes Research Centre, Department of Surgery, St. Joseph's Healthcare and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. dbirch@ualberta.ca. (2005). "Users' guide to the surgical literature. Self-audit and practice appraisal for surgeons." Can J Surg 48(1): 57-62. PDF Full-Text
Cadeddu, M., F. Farrokhyar, A. Thoma, T. Haines, A. Garnett, C. H. Goldsmith and G. Evidence-Based Surgery Working Group. St. Joseph's Healthcare, Department of Surgery, Surgical Outcomes Research Centre, McMaster University, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario. mocadeddu@yahoo.com. (2008). "Users' guide to the surgical literature: how to assess power and sample size. Laparoscopic vs open appendectomy." Can J Surg 51(6): 476-82. PDF Full-Text
Dijkman, B., B. Kooistra, and M. Bhandari. (2009) "Users' guide to the surgical literature: how to work with a subgroup analysis." Can J Surg 52(6): 515-22. PDF Full-Text
Hansebout, R., S.D. Cornacchi, T. Haines, et al. (2009) "Users' guide to the surgical literature: how to use an article on prognosis." Can J Surg 52(4): 328-36. PDF Full-Text
Hong, D., V. R. Tandan, C. H. Goldsmith, M. Simunovic and G. Evidence-Based Surgery Working Group. Surgical Outcomes Research Centre, Department of Surgery St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation, Ont. (2002). "Users' guide to the surgical literature: how to use an article reporting population-based volume-outcome relationships in surgery." Can J Surg 45(2): 109-15. PDF Full-Text
Mastracci, T. M., A. Thoma, F. Farrokhyar, V. R. Tandan, C. S. Cina and G. Evidence-Based Surgery Working Group. Surgical Outcomes Research Centre, Department of Surgery, St. Joseph's Healthcare and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. (2007). "Users' guide to the surgical literature: how to use a decision analysis." Can J Surg 50(5): 403-9. PDF Full-Text
Mihailovic, A., C. M. Bell and D. R. Urbach. Department of Surgery, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Toronto, Ont. (2005). "Users' guide to the surgical literature. Case-control studies in surgical journals." Can J Surg 48(2): 148-51. PDF Full-Text
Thoma, A., S. D. Cornacchi, P. J. Lovrics, C. H. Goldsmith and G. Evidence-Based Surgery Working Group. Surgical Outcomes Research Centre, Department of Surgery, St. Joseph's Healthcare and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. athoma@mcmaster.ca. (2008). "Evidence-Based Surgery. Users' guide to the surgical literature: how to assess an article on health-related quality of life." Can J Surg 51(3): 215-24. PDF Full-Text
Thoma, A., F. Farrokhyar, M. Bhandari, V. Tandan and G. Evidence-Based Surgery Working Group. Surgical Outcomes Research Centre, Department of Surgery, St. Joseph's Healthcare and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. thoma@mcmaster.ca. (2004). "Users' guide to the surgical literature. How to assess a randomized controlled trial in surgery." Can J Surg 47(3): 200-8. PDF Full-Text
Thoma, A., S. Sprague, V. Tandan and G. Evidence-Based Surgery Working Group. Surgical Outcomes Research Centre, the Department of Surgery, St. Joseph's Hospital, Hamilton, Ont. (2001). "Users' guide to the surgical literature: how to use an article on economic analysis." Can J Surg 44(5): 347-54. PDF Full-Text
Urschel, J. D., C. H. Goldsmith, V. R. Tandan and J. D. Miller. Surgical Outcomes Research Centre, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. urschelj@mcmaster.ca. (2001). "Users' guide to evidence-based surgery: how to use an article evaluating surgical interventions. Evidence-Based Surgery Working Group." Can J Surg 44(2): 95-100. PDF Full-Text
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Created March 2009 Updated April 2010 Links Checked November 2009
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