Clinical Research for Surgeons is a practical guide for understanding, planning, conducting, and evaluating surgical research. It covers the principles of evidence-based surgery and applies these principles to the design of suitable research studies. The reader will come to fully understand important concepts such as case-control study, prospective cohort study, randomized trial, and reliability study. The book provides valuable discussions of the critical appraisal of published clinical studies, allowing the reader to learn how to evaluate the quality of such studies with respect to measuring outcomes and to make effective use of all types of evidence in patient care.

Highlights:

Insights from experienced surgeons and veteran researchers

Easy-to-reference text boxes with Key Concepts, Jargon Simplified, and Examples from the Literature

Coverage of both open and minimally-invasive surgical procedures

70 illustrations demonstrating key points