Resources for
Orthopaedic
Journal Clubs


Introducing Levels of Evidence to The Journal
James G. Wright, Marc F. Swiontkowski and James D. Heckman
(PDF file)
Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics: An Orthopaedic Primer
Mininder S. Kocher MD, MPH, and David Zurakowski, PhD
(PDF file)
Meta-Analyses in Orthopaedic Surgery: A Systematic Review of Their Methodologies
Mohit Bhandari, Farrah Morrow, Abhaya V. Kulkarni and Paul Tornetta, III
(PDF file)
Current Concepts Review. User's Guide to the Orthopaedic Literature: How to Use an Article About a Surgical Therapy
Mohit Bhandari, Gordon H. Guyatt and Marc F. Swiontkowski
(PDF file)
Current Concepts Review. User's Guide to the Orthopaedic Literature: How to Use an Article About Prognosis
Mohit Bhandari, Gordon H. Guyatt and Marc F. Swiontkowski
(PDF file)
Current Concepts Review. User's Guide to the Orthopaedic Literature: How to Use a Systematic Literature Review
Mohit Bhandari, Gordon H. Guyatt, Victor Montori, P. J. Devereaux and Marc F. Swiontkowski
(PDF file)
Current Concepts Review. User's Guide to the Surgical Literature: How to Use an Article About a Diagnostic Test
Mohit Bhandari, Victor M. Montori, Marc F. Swiontkowski and Gordon H. Guyatt
(PDF file)
Topics in Training. The Intention-to-Treat Principle: A Primer for the Orthopaedic Surgeon
Vikrant K. Bubbar and Hans J. Kreder
(PDF file)
Editorial. The Case Report
Henry R. Cowell
(PDF file)
Critical Analysis Literature Review
Reproduced with permission of the Boston University Medical Center Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
(PDF file)
Evidence-based Medicine Systematic Literature Review.
Reproduced, with permission, from Spindler KP et al.: Reading and Reviewing the Orthopaedic Literature: A Systematic, Evidence-based Medicine Approach. J Am Acad Orthop Surg, Vol 13, No 4, July/August 2005, 220-229.
(PDF file)
Statistics in orthopaedic papers
A. Petrie
(PDF file)