Evidenced-based medicine

Abstract

Dear Sir, I am writing to express my concern regarding the concept of evidence-based medicine in orthopaedic surgery. As a medical student, an orthopaedic resident and now a young consultant, I have been rightfully taught to guide my medical practice based on evidence. However, this appears to be seldom translated into common daily practice globally. There is a lack of scientific evidence for most of the treatments we commonly undertake. For example, many thousands of suture repairs for rupture of the Achilles tendon are performed …