Translational Surgery

Translational Surgery is a surgery-specific instructional guide to translational medical research that serves as a practical, step-by-step roadmap for taking a biomedical device, potential therapeutic agent, or research question from idea through demonstrated clinical benefit. Fundamentally, the volume bridges the gap between current research and practice. Written by a team of expert medical, biomedical engineering, and clinical research experts in general surgery, this book provides a clear process for understanding, designing, executing and analyzing clinical and translational research within the field. Focuses on translational general surgery and research, covering the principles of evidence-based medicine and applying these principles to the design of translational investigations Provides a practical, straightforward approach that will help aspiring general surgeons and researchers navigate challenging considerations in study design and implementation Details valuable discussions on the critical appraisal of published studies in general surgery, allowing the reader to learn how to evaluate the quality of such studies with respect to measuring outcomes and to make effective use of all types of evidence in patient care