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See Latest ArticlesCommon pitfalls in interpretation of medical evidence: a case demonstration of misleading interpretation in the analysis of cervical spine fusions
The Spine Journal, 10/23/09
Resnick DK et al. – Faulty study design or overaggressive statistical data mining leads to unreliable conclusions. It is important that practicing spinal surgeons appreciate the perils and pitfalls of interpretation of the medical literature. Common sense, clinical experience, and healthy skepticism are indispensable for the rational incorporation of lesser quality information from the medical literature into clinical decision making.
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