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Evaluation of quality of life after laparoscopic surgery: evidence-based guidelines of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery
Measuring health-related quality of life (QoL) after surgery is essential for decision making by patients, surgeons, and payers. The aim of this consensus conference was twofold. First, it was to determine for...
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Systematically Reviewing Previous Work
Reviewing previously published literature seems time-consuming and boring when compared to performing clinical or laboratory experiments to develop new information in surgery. For this reason, the task of revi...
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Endpoints for Clinical Studies: Conventional and Innovative Variables
Two well-dressed gentlemen were on their way home from a party where they had obviously dined and wined too well. One was on his knees systematically examining the sidewalk beneath a streetlight. His friend vo...
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Systematically Reviewing Previous Work
Many of us regard reviewing previous literature as an unexciting chore, perhaps because well-read laboratory chiefs appear to consider the research review as a low-priority activity to be delegated to a resear...