Evaluating new surgical procedures

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# Hip replacements come in at least 1011 varieties {#article-title-2} EDITOR,—I strongly support Ian Russell's call for collaboration between surgeons and trialists.1 Russell makes many important points, but three additional questions should also be asked when surgical procedures are being evaluated: which?, how?, and when? These are particularly relevant to surgery for trauma and in orthopaedics. An …