title: Evidence-based medicine in orthopaedics.
abstract: Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is medicine based on the sum of personal clinical experience and clinical studies with the best possible design (preferably, but not necessarily, randomised controlled trials or RCTs), while focusing on the expectancies of patients and institutions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Saint-Luc University Hospital, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium. olivier.barbier@orto.ucl.ac.be
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Barbier
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hoogmartens
mesh_terms: D001530:Belgium; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D017749:Total Quality Management