A Wattiez, L Schindler, A Ussia, R Campo, J Keckstein, G Grimbizis, C Exacoustos, W Kondo, C Nezhat, M Canis, R L De Wilde, C Miller, A Fazel, B Rabischong, A Graziottin, P R Koninckx
BACKGROUND: Management of endometriosis should be based on the best available evidence. The pyramid of evidence reflects unbiased observations analysed with traditional statistics. Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is the clinical interpretation of these data by experts. Unfortunately, traditional statistical inference can refute but cannot confirm a hypothesis and clinical experience is considered a personal opinion. OBJECTIVES: A proof of concept to document clinical experience by considering each diagnosis and treatment as an experiment with an outcome, which is used to update subsequent management...
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