Key Topics in Surgical Research and Methodology

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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. Front Matter....Pages i-xxxi The Role of Surgical Research....Pages 1-8 Evidence-Based Surgery....Pages 9-26 The Role of the Academic Surgeon in the Evaluation of Healthcare Assessment....Pages 27-32 Study Design, Statistical Inference and Literature Search in Surgical Research....Pages 33-53 Randomised Controlled Trials: What the Surgeon Needs to Know....Pages 55-66 Monitoring Trial Effects....Pages 67-73 How to Recruit Patients in Surgical Studies....Pages 75-81 Diagnostic Tests and Diagnostic Accuracy in Surgery....Pages 83-98 Research in Surgical Education: A Primer....Pages 99-114 Measurement of Surgical Performance for Delivery of a Competency-Based Training Curriculum....Pages 115-127 Health-Related Quality of Life and its Measurement in Surgery – Concepts and Methods....Pages 129-139 Surgical Performance Under Stress: Conceptual and Methodological Issues....Pages 141-150 How can we Assess Quality of Care in Surgery?....Pages 151-164 Patient Satisfaction in Surgery....Pages 165-173 How to Measure Inequality in Health Care Delivery....Pages 175-193 The Role of Volume–Outcome Relationship in Surgery....Pages 195-206 An Introduction to Animal Research....Pages 207-228 The Ethics of Animal Research....Pages 229-235 Ethical Issues in Surgical Research....Pages 237-242 Principles and Methods in Qualitative Research....Pages 243-253 Safety in Surgery....Pages 255-269 Safety and Hazards in Surgical Research....Pages 271-282 Fraud in Surgical Research — A Framework of Action Is Required....Pages 283-292 A Framework Is Required to Reduce Publication Bias The Academic Surgeon's View....Pages 293-304 Data Collection, Database Development and Quality Control: Guidance for Clinical Research Studies....Pages 305-320 The Role of Computers and the Type of Computing Skills Required in Surgery....Pages 321-336 Computational and Statistical Methodologies for Data Mining in Bioinformatics....Pages 337-350 The Use of Bayesian Networks in Decision-Making....Pages 351-359 A Bayesian Framework for Assessing New Surgical Health Technologies....Pages 361-373 Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses in Surgery....Pages 375-397 Decision Analysis....Pages 399-409 Cost-Effectiveness Analysis....Pages 411-420 Value of Information Analysis....Pages 421-428 Methodological Framework for Evaluation and Prevention of Publication Bias in Surgical Studies....Pages 429-440 Graphs in Statistical Analysis....Pages 441-475 Questionnaires, Surveys, Scales in Surgical Research: Concepts and Methodology....Pages 477-494 How to Perform Analysis of Survival Data in Surgery....Pages 495-506 Risk Stratification and Prediction Modelling in Surgery....Pages 507-528 The Principles and Role of Medical Imaging in Surgery....Pages 529-543 How to Read a Paper....Pages 545-555 How to Evaluate the Quality of the Published Literature....Pages 557-567 How to Write a Surgical Paper....Pages 569-577 A Primer for Grant Applications....Pages 579-586 Key Aspects of Grant Applications: The Surgical Viewpoint....Pages 587-596 How to Organise an Educational Research Programme Within an Academic Surgical Unit....Pages 597-604 How to Structure an Academic Lecture....Pages 605-610 How to Write a Book Proposal....Pages 611-614 How to Organise a Surgical Meeting: National and International....Pages 615-624 Presentation Skills in Surgery....Pages 625-628 Internet Research Resources for Surgeons....Pages 629-635 Clinical Practice Guidelines in Surgery....Pages 637-645 From Idea to Bedside: The Process of Surgical Invention and Innovation....Pages 647-656 Research Governance and Research Funding in the USA: What the Academic Surgeon Needs to Know....Pages 657-667 Research Governance in the UK: What the Academic Surgeon Needs to Know....Pages 669-676 Research Funding, Applying for Grants and Research Budgeting in the UK: What the Academic Surgeon Needs to Know....Pages 677-693 How to Enhance Development and Collaboration in Surgical Research....Pages 695-714 Mentoring in Academic Surgery....Pages 715-725 Leadership in Academic Surgery....Pages 727-740 Using Skills from Art in Surgical Practice and Research-Surgery and Art....Pages 741-751 Administration of the Academic Department of Surgery....Pages 753-769 Information Transfer and Communication in Surgery: A Need for Improvement....Pages 771-780 General Surgery: Current Trends and Recent Innovations....Pages 781-791 Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery: Current Trends and Recent Innovations....Pages 793-814 Colorectal Cancer Surgery: Current Trends and Recent Innovations....Pages 815-831 Urology: Current Trends and Recent Innovations....Pages 833-847 Cardiothoracic Surgery: Current Trends and Recent Innovations....Pages 849-874 Vascular Surgery: Current Trends and Recent Innovations....Pages 875-894 Breast Surgery: Current Trends and Recent Innovations....Pages 895-904 Thyroid Surgery: Current Trends and Recent Innovations....Pages 905-912 Orthopaedic Surgery: Current Trends and Recent Innovations....Pages 913-922 Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery: Current Trends and Recent Innovations....Pages 923-940 Neurosurgery: Current Trends and Recent Innovations....Pages 941-949 Molecular Techniques in Surgical Research....Pages 951-974 Molecular Carcinogenesis....Pages 975-1003 Back Matter....Pages 1005-1019