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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 83:619 (2001)
© 2001 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Letters to The Editor

Accessing Orthopaedic Information on the Internet

Eugene Sherry, MD, FRACS, Pedro K. Beredjiklian, MD, David J. Bozentka, MD, David R. Steinberg, MD and Joseph Bernstein, MD, MS

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The University of Sydney, Nepean Hospital, Clinical Sciences Building, P.O. Box 63, Penrith NSW 2750, Australia. E-mail address: esherry@bigpond.com
Corresponding author: Pedro K. Beredjiklian, MD Division of Hand Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Presbyterian Medical Center, 1 Cupp Pavilion, 39th and Market Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19104, E-mail address: pedrob@mail.med.upenn.edu

To The Editor:

I read the paper "Evaluating the Source and Content of Orthopaedic Information on the Internet. The Case of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome" (82-A: 1540-1543, November 2000), by Beredjiklian et al., with concern. The authors’ search for information about carpal tunnel syndrome led them to conclude that "the information about carpal tunnel syndrome on the Internet is of limited quality and poor informational value."

This conclusion must be challenged for the following reasons:

(1) I and some of my colleagues have specialized in facilitating use of the Internet by . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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