Editorial October 01, 2016 October 01, 2016

Systematic Review and the necessity of evidence-based practice in ophthalmology

DOI: 10.5935/0034-7280.20160069

Decision-making in health is a daily challenge in the life of the ophthalmologist. Patients, operators and public and private managers are increasingly requiringdemanding conducts based on the best scientific evidence available, seeking the assurance of safe and effective procedures. Such responses arise continuously in the literature, and keeping up to date in all areas of ophthalmic knowledge is an arduous task, which requires a time not always available to doctors, whose agendasare increasingly filled with too many activities […].