Journal article
Users’ guide to the surgical literature: how to assess an article about harm in surgery
Abstract
CLINICALSCENARIO: You are a new plastic surgeon in the community and you are referred a patient interested in breast reconstruction. The patient is a 35-year-old female school teacher who had a bilateral prophylactic mastectomy 2 years earlier, as she was a BRCA gene carrier. Since she is of a petite build with very little subcutaneous tissue or extra skin in the lower abdomen, you decide that she is not a suitable candidate for an …
Authors
Thoma A; Kaur MN; Farrokhyar F; Waltho D; Levis C; Lovrics P; Goldsmith CH
Journal
Canadian Journal of Surgery, Vol. 59, No. 5, pp. 351–357
Publisher
Joule
Publication Date
October 1, 2016
DOI
10.1503/cjs.015115
ISSN
0008-428X