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EDITORIALS: David R Urbach and Nancy N Baxter Reducing variation in surgical care BMJ 2005; 330: 1401-1402 [Full text]

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Evidence-based surgery

Min-Huei Hsu, Yu-Chuan Li. Wen-Ta Chiu   (10 July 2005)

Evidence-based surgery 10 July 2005
Min-Huei Hsu, Neurosurgeon Taipei Municipal Wanfang Hospital, No. 111, Sec. 3, Shinglung Rd., Taipei City, Taiwan 116, Yu-Chuan Li. Wen-Ta Chiu Send response to journal: Re: Evidence-based surgery	The general belief is that applying evidence-based medicine in surgery is more difficult than in general medicine. One of the obstacles to get evidence into surgical practice is the learning process of the new surgical techniques. Every surgeon has a different learning curve and sometimes it's hard to master a new surgical procedure. It's the reason why some surgeons would rather choose traditional ways. Better training for new surgical techniques is necessary to reduce variation in surgical care. Competing interests: None declared