Dirk Stengel, Mohit Bhandari, Beate Hanson: Statistics and data management practical guide for orthopedic surgeons

This Handbook entitled “Statistics and Data Management” belongs to the Trauma Series published by the AO Group. Presented in a pocket format, this book is a neither exhaustive nor complete guide for clinical research practice. The authors, experts from both a methodological and a clinical point of view, wanted to be brief and concise, “spoon feeding” the reader with the essential knowledge about numerical information, study designs, data storage, and analysis.

The book is divided into seven main chapters, each of them ending with a brief summary:

• 1. About numbers

• 2. Errors and uncertainty

• 3. Outcome selection

• 4. The perfect database

• 5. How to analyze your data

• 6. Present your data

• 7. Glossary

“Statistics and Data Management” is nicely presented, enjoyable, easy to read and understand. It will be a helpful tool for all the professionals who wish to improve their research skills. It is also aimed to make communication between statisticians and physicians easier.

Dr. Claude Karger

Strasbourg