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Key Topics in Surgical Research and Methodology

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Editors:
  1. Thanos Athanasiou

    1. Dept. Biosurgery & Surgical Technology, Imperial College London St. Mary's Hospital London, London, United Kingdom

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  2. Haile Debas

    1. UCSF Global Health Sciences, San Francisco L, USA

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  3. Ara Darzi

    1. Dept. Biosurgery & Surgical Technology, Imperial College London St. Mary's Hospital London, London, United Kingdom

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  • Comprehensive textbook on key issues in surgical research and methodology

  • Valuable resource for surgeons at all levels embarking on an academic career

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (74 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxi
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  2. The Role of Surgical Research

    • Omer Aziz, John G. Hunter
    Pages 1-8

  3. Evidence-Based Surgery

    • Hutan Ashrafian, Nick Sevdalis, Thanos Athanasiou
    Pages 9-26

  4. The Role of the Academic Surgeon in the Evaluation of Healthcare Assessment

    • Roger M. Greenhalgh
    Pages 27-32

  5. Study Design, Statistical Inference and Literature Search in Surgical Research

    • Petros Skapinakis, Thanos Athanasiou
    Pages 33-53

  6. Randomised Controlled Trials: What the Surgeon Needs to Know

    • Marcus Flather, Belinda Lees, John Pepper
    Pages 55-66

  7. Monitoring Trial Effects

    • Hutan Ashrafian, Erik Mayer, Thanos Athanasiou
    Pages 67-73

  8. How to Recruit Patients in Surgical Studies

    • Hutan Ashrafian, Simon Rowland, Thanos Athanasiou
    Pages 75-81

  9. Diagnostic Tests and Diagnostic Accuracy in Surgery

    • Catherine M. Jones, Lord Ara Darzi, Thanos Athanasiou
    Pages 83-98

  10. Research in Surgical Education: A Primer

    • Adam Dubrowski, Heather Carnahan, Richard Reznick
    Pages 99-114

  11. Measurement of Surgical Performance for Delivery of a Competency-Based Training Curriculum

    • Raj Aggarwal, Lord Ara Darzi
    Pages 115-127

  12. Health-Related Quality of Life and its Measurement in Surgery – Concepts and Methods

    • Jane M. Blazeby
    Pages 129-139

  13. Surgical Performance Under Stress: Conceptual and Methodological Issues

    • Sonal Arora, Nick Sevdalis
    Pages 141-150

  14. How can we Assess Quality of Care in Surgery?

    • Erik Mayer, Andre Chow, Lord Ara Darzi, Thanos Athanasiou
    Pages 151-164

  15. Patient Satisfaction in Surgery

    • Andre Chow, Erik Mayer, Lord Ara Darzi, Thanos Athanasiou
    Pages 165-173

  16. How to Measure Inequality in Health Care Delivery

    • Erik Mayer, Julian Flowers
    Pages 175-193

  17. The Role of Volume–Outcome Relationship in Surgery

    • Erik Mayer, Lord Ara Darzi, Thanos Athanasiou
    Pages 195-206

  18. An Introduction to Animal Research

    • James Kinross, Lord Ara Darzi
    Pages 207-228

  19. The Ethics of Animal Research

    • Hutan Ashrafian, Kamran Ahmed, Thanos Athanasiou
    Pages 229-235

  20. Ethical Issues in Surgical Research

    • Amy G. Lehman, Peter Angelos
    Pages 237-242
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About this book

Key Topics in Surgical Research and Methodology represents a comprehensive reference text accessible to the surgeon embarking on an academic career. Key themes emphasize and summarize the text. Four key elements are covered, i.e. Surgical Research, Research Methodology, Practical Problems and Solutions on Research as well as Recent Developments and Future Prospects in Surgical Research and Practice.

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From the reviews: “This is a multiauthored, comprehensive textbook on research methodology with examples of research applications in surgery. … Research fellows, faculty, mentors, and clinicians called on to evaluate surgical research are an appropriate audience for this work from North American and Western European authors. … a valuable tool for academic surgeons.” (David J. Dries, Doody’s Review Service, June, 2010)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dept. Biosurgery & Surgical Technology, Imperial College London St. Mary's Hospital London, London, United Kingdom

    Thanos Athanasiou, Ara Darzi

  • UCSF Global Health Sciences, San Francisco L, USA

    Haile Debas

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