title: Health technology assessment in surgery.
abstract: This review focuses on how surgical methods should be assessed from a health technology perspective. The use of randomized controlled trials, population based registries, systematic literature research and the recently published IDEAL method are briefly discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Sciences, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden. david.bergqvist@surgsci.uu.se
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bergqvist
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rosén
mesh_terms: D020811:Biomedical Technology; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012042:Registries; D012196:Review Literature as Topic; D013043:Specialties, Surgical / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards