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. 2001 Feb;44(1):17–23.
Users’ guides to the surgical literature: how to use an article about a diagnostic test
Stuart Archibald
1, Mohit Bhandari
1, Achilleas Thoma
1, for the Evidence-Based Surgery Working Group
Stuart Archibald, MD
1Surgical Outcomes Research Centre, Department of Surgery, St. Joseph’s Hospital, and Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
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Mohit Bhandari, MD, MSc
1Surgical Outcomes Research Centre, Department of Surgery, St. Joseph’s Hospital, and Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
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Achilleas Thoma, MD
1Surgical Outcomes Research Centre, Department of Surgery, St. Joseph’s Hospital, and Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
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1Surgical Outcomes Research Centre, Department of Surgery, St. Joseph’s Hospital, and Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
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Correspondence to: Dr. Ved Tandan, Director, Surgical Outcomes Research Centre, Rm. G815, Department of Surgery, St. Joseph’s Hospital, 50 Charlton Ave. E, Hamilton ON L8N 4A6; fax 905 521-6154, tandanv@mcmaster.ca
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See acknowledgements for a listing of the members of the Evidence-Based Surgery Working Group.
Accepted 2000 Sep 28.
© 2001 Canadian Medical Association
PMCID: PMC3695179 PMID: 11220794
See editorial "Evidence-based practice: new techniques and technology" on page 247.