The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 82:288-9 (2000)
© 2000 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.
Correspondence
J.F. Myles Clough, B.A., B.M., B.Ch., D.Phil., F.R.C.S.(C),
Magdy Anwar Abdelmaksoud, M.D.,
Peter E. J. Kamstra, M.D.,
Mangal Parihar, M.D.,
Randale C. Sechrest, M.D.,
David L. Nelson, M.D.,
Eugene Sherry, M.D., F.R.A.C.S.,
Jan Van der Bauwhede, M.D.,
Charles Eaton, M.D.,
Mel Heiman, M.D.,
Gregory J. Golladay, M.D.,
Larry S. Matthews, M.D.,
J. Sybil Biermann, M.D. and
Ira H. Kirschenbaum, M.D.
TO THE EDITOR:
We congratulate Golladay et al. for their fine job of reviewing Internet resources in "Current Concepts Review. Internet Resources for Orthopaedic Surgeons" (80-A: 15251532, Oct. 1998). The description of the origin and the current status of the Internet and, more importantly, the review of the resources available at the time of writing were both informative and thorough.
Inevitably, several of the trends mentioned in the review have worked to make information in it incomplete or out of date. PubMed, the free Medline service of the National Library of Medicine (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/) was introduced after the article was submitted and has revolutionized the work of reviewing the literature. Collaboration between orthopaedic sites has reached the stage that seven of the ten selected orthopaedic Web sites in Table V post the same links collection (Orthopaedic Web Links, OWL, now at owl.orthogate.org). Indeed, such is the pace of change on the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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