Principles and Practice of Research

emerging on the surgical scene to challenge or­ For some readers, the title of this book will im­ thodoxy. Although these innovations are often mediately raise the question, what exactly is greeted with great optimism, a factual basis for meant by surgical research? In the very broadest that enthusiasm is sometimes far from secure sense the term can be taken to include all en­ and much further work is frequently required to deavors, however elementary or limited in discover whether we are dea