Key Topics in Surgical Research and Methodology

1. The Role of Surgical Research
Omer Aziz, John G. Hunter

2. Evidence-Based Surgery
Hutan Ashrafian, Nick Sevdalis, Thanos Athanasiou

3. The Role of the Academic Surgeon in the Evaluation of Healthcare Assessment
Roger M. Greenhalgh

4. Study Design, Statistical Inference and Literature Search in Surgical Research
Petros Skapinakis, Thanos Athanasiou

5. Randomised Controlled Trials: What the Surgeon Needs to Know
Marcus Flather, Belinda Lees, John Pepper

6. Monitoring Trial Effects
Hutan Ashrafian, Erik Mayer, Thanos Athanasiou

7. How to Recruit Patients in Surgical Studies
Hutan Ashrafian, Simon Rowland, Thanos Athanasiou

8. Diagnostic Tests and Diagnostic Accuracy in Surgery
Catherine M. Jones, Lord Ara Darzi, Thanos Athanasiou

9. Research in Surgical Education: A Primer
Adam Dubrowski, Heather Carnahan, Richard Reznick

10. Measurement of Surgical Performance for Delivery of a Competency-Based Training Curriculum
Raj Aggarwal, Lord Ara Darzi

11. Health-Related Quality of Life and its Measurement in Surgery – Concepts and Methods
Jane M. Blazeby

12. Surgical Performance Under Stress: Conceptual and Methodological Issues
Sonal Arora, Nick Sevdalis

13. How can we Assess Quality of Care in Surgery?
Erik Mayer, Andre Chow, Lord Ara Darzi, Thanos Athanasiou

14. Patient Satisfaction in Surgery
Andre Chow, Erik Mayer, Lord Ara Darzi, Thanos Athanasiou

15. How to Measure Inequality in Health Care Delivery
Erik Mayer, Julian Flowers

16. The Role of Volume–Outcome Relationship in Surgery
Erik Mayer, Lord Ara Darzi, Thanos Athanasiou

17. An Introduction to Animal Research
James Kinross, Lord Ara Darzi

18. The Ethics of Animal Research
Hutan Ashrafian, Kamran Ahmed, Thanos Athanasiou

19. Ethical Issues in Surgical Research
Amy G. Lehman, Peter Angelos

20. Principles and Methods in Qualitative Research
Roger Kneebone, Heather Fry

21. Safety in Surgery
Charles Vincent, Krishna Moorthy

22. Safety and Hazards in Surgical Research
Shirish Prabhudesai, Gretta Roberts

23. Fraud in Surgical Research — A Framework of Action Is Required
Conor J. Shields, Desmond C. Winter, Patrick Broe

24. A Framework Is Required to Reduce Publication Bias The Academic Surgeon's View
Ronnie Tung-Ping Poon, John Wong

25. Data Collection, Database Development and Quality Control: Guidance for Clinical Research Studies
Daniel R. Leff, Richard E. Lovegrove, Lord Ara Darzi, Thanos Athanasiou

26. The Role of Computers and the Type of Computing Skills Required in Surgery
Julian J. H. Leong

27. Computational and Statistical Methodologies for Data Mining in Bioinformatics
Lee Lancashire, Graham Ball

28. The Use of Bayesian Networks in Decision-Making
Zhifang Ni, Lawrence D. Phillips, George B. Hanna

29. A Bayesian Framework for Assessing New Surgical Health Technologies
Elisabeth Fenwick

30. Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses in Surgery
Sukhmeet S. Panesar, Weiming Siow, Thanos Athanasiou

31. Decision Analysis
Christopher Rao, Thanos Athanasiou

32. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
Christopher Rao, Thanos Athanasiou

33. Value of Information Analysis
Christopher Rao, Thanos Athanasiou

34. Methodological Framework for Evaluation and Prevention of Publication Bias in Surgical Studies
Danny Yakoub, Sukhmeet S. Panesar, Thanos Athanasiou

35. Graphs in Statistical Analysis
Akram R. G. Hanna, Christopher Rao, Thanos Athanasiou

36. Questionnaires, Surveys, Scales in Surgical Research: Concepts and Methodology
Mohammed Shamim Rahman, Sana Usman, Oliver Warren, Thanos Athanasiou

37. How to Perform Analysis of Survival Data in Surgery
Fotios Siannis

38. Risk Stratification and Prediction Modelling in Surgery
Vassilis G. Hadjianastassiou, Thanos Athanasiou, Linda J. Hands

39. The Principles and Role of Medical Imaging in Surgery
Daniel Elson, Guang-Zhong Yang

40. How to Read a Paper
Hutan Ashrafian, Thanos Athanasiou

41. How to Evaluate the Quality of the Published Literature
Andre Chow, Sanjay Purkayastha, Thanos Athanasiou

42. How to Write a Surgical Paper
Sanjay Purkayastha

43. A Primer for Grant Applications
Hutan Ashrafian, Alison Mortlock, Thanos Athanasiou

44. Key Aspects of Grant Applications: The Surgical Viewpoint
Bari Murtuza, Thanos Athanasiou

45. How to Organise an Educational Research Programme Within an Academic Surgical Unit
Kamran Ahmed, Hutan Ashrafian, Paraskevas Paraskeva

46. How to Structure an Academic Lecture
Bari Murtuza, Thanos Athanasiou

47. How to Write a Book Proposal
Christopher Rao, Thanos Athanasiou

48. How to Organise a Surgical Meeting: National and International
Bari Murtuza, Thanos Athanasiou

49. Presentation Skills in Surgery
Sanjay Purkayastha

50. Internet Research Resources for Surgeons
Santhini Jeyarajah, Sanjay Purkayastha

51. Clinical Practice Guidelines in Surgery
Shawn Forbes, Cagla Eskicioglu, Robin McLeod

52. From Idea to Bedside: The Process of Surgical Invention and Innovation
James Wall, Geoffrey C. Gurtner, Michael T. Longaker

53. Research Governance and Research Funding in the USA: What the Academic Surgeon Needs to Know
Michael W. Mulholland, James A. Bell

54. Research Governance in the UK: What the Academic Surgeon Needs to Know
Gary C. Roper

55. Research Funding, Applying for Grants and Research Budgeting in the UK: What the Academic Surgeon Needs to Know
Karen M. Sergiou

56. How to Enhance Development and Collaboration in Surgical Research
Peter Ellis

57. Mentoring in Academic Surgery
Oliver Warren, Penny Humphris

58. Leadership in Academic Surgery
Oliver Warren, Penny Humphris

59. Using Skills from Art in Surgical Practice and Research-Surgery and Art
Donna Winderbank-Scott

60. Administration of the Academic Department of Surgery
Carlos A. Pellegrini, Avalon R. Lance, Haile T. Debas

61. Information Transfer and Communication in Surgery: A Need for Improvement
Kamal Nagpal, Krishna Moorthy

62. General Surgery: Current Trends and Recent Innovations
John P. Cullen, Mark A. Talamini

63. Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery: Current Trends and Recent Innovations
Danny Yakoub, Oliver Priest, Akram R. George, George B. Hanna

64. Colorectal Cancer Surgery: Current Trends and Recent Innovations
Oliver Priest, Paul Ziprin, Peter W. Marcello

65. Urology: Current Trends and Recent Innovations
Erik Mayer, Justin Vale

66. Cardiothoracic Surgery: Current Trends and Recent Innovations
Joanna Chikwe, Thanos Athanasiou, Adanna Akujuo

67. Vascular Surgery: Current Trends and Recent Innovations
Mark A. Farber, William A. Marston, Nicholas Cheshire

68. Breast Surgery: Current Trends and Recent Innovations
Dimitri J. Hadjiminas

69. Thyroid Surgery: Current Trends and Recent Innovations
Charlie Huins, Neil Samuel Tolley

70. Orthopaedic Surgery: Current Trends and Recent Innovations
Andrew Carr, Stephen Gwilym

71. Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery: Current Trends and Recent Innovations
Marios Nicolaou, Matthew D. Gardiner, Jagdeep Nanchahal

72. Neurosurgery: Current Trends and Recent Innovations
David G. T. Thomas, Laurence Watkins

73. Molecular Techniques in Surgical Research
Athanassios Kotsinas, Michalis Liontos, Ioannis S. Pateras, Vassilis G. Gorgoulis

74. Molecular Carcinogenesis
Michael Zachariadis, Konstantinos Evangelou, Nikolaos G. Kastrinakis, Panagiota Papanagnou, Vassilis G. Gorgoulis

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Surgery, Gastroenterology, Endocrinology, Cardiac Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention