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Volume 336:1194 April 17, 1997 Number 16
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Trials and Tribulations of Vascular Surgery: Evidence-based vascular surgery

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Edited by R.M. Greenhalgh and F.G.R. Fowkes. 434 pp., illustrated. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 1996. $155. ISBN 0-7020-2090-7.

Uncertainty dogs our efforts to practice scientifically sound medicine in any field, and vascular surgery is no exception. How refreshing it is that two thoughtful and well-known scholars have been willing not only to admit this fact in print but also to pilot an effort to give us firmer ground on which to work.

The authors of this book were instructed to examine carefully, summarize, and comment on the evidence available to answer questions about the care of patients with vascular diseases; to make the firmest possible recommendations for management; and to reflect on areas in which further information would . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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