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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791317203321

Titolo

Landmark papers in neurosurgery / / edited by Reuben D. Johnson, Alexander L. Green

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

0-19-101578-4

0-19-102946-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (302 p.)

Collana

Landmark Papers in

Landmark papers in ... series

Altri autori (Persone)

JohnsonReuben D

GreenAlexander L

Disciplina

617.4/8

617.48

Soggetti

Nervous system - Surgery

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Neurovascular neurosurgery; 2 Neuro-oncology; 3 Head injury; 4 Spinal surgery; 5 Functional and epilepsy neurosurgery; 6 Paediatric neurosurgery; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

Sommario/riassunto

Evidence-based medicine is a concept that has come to the fore in the past few years. Clinicians are increasingly encouraged to practise patient management based on available evidence in the scientific literature. For example, new pharmacological therapies are only used when large randomized trials have 'proven' that a particular drug is better than existing ones. This is also the case in surgical specialties, although surgery has traditionally seen a lack of use of thisinformation, with individual surgeon's preferences being most influential in treatment choices. However, more recently, there