Surgeons are told that they need not only read journal articles, but also understand them and make a critical appraisal of their validity. They offer better care if they are able to appraise critically the original literature and apply the results to their practice. This is a first article of a series - Evidence-Based Surgical Practices - which focus on issues of Evidence-Based Surgery.
Evidence-Based Medicine; Education, Medical, Continuing; Randomized Controlled Trials; Appendectomy; Laparoscopy