Seminars in Colon & Rectal Surgery
Volume 13, Issue 1 , Pages 10-15 , March 2002

Evidence-based surgery: Where and how to find and evaluate the correct evidence

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☆ Address reprint requests to Peer Wille-Jørgensen, MD, Chief Surgeon, Department of Surgical Gastroenterology K, Bispebjerg Hospital, DK-24000 Copenhagen NV, Denmark; e-mail: pwj01@bbh.hosp.dk.

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Seminars in Colon & Rectal Surgery
Volume 13, Issue 1 , Pages 10-15 , March 2002

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