普通外科逐步进入循证医学时代。但目前外科领域的循证医学研究数量少，质量不高。外科医生应重视循证医学研究，更现实的是利用好现有的循证医学资料。在此过程中，应对循证医学资料仔细分析，并在临床实践中合理运用，即在适当的时候，适合的病人中应用循证医学原则。

The optimal application of evidence-based medicine principle in general surgery pratice        LOU Wen-hui. Department of General Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
Abstract    Progressively, general surgery enters the era of evidence based medicine. The current evidence based research in general surgery is not only few, but also of low quality. Surgeons need to pay more attention to evidence based medical research, but more importantly, effectively utilize available evidence and data. Detailed analysis of evidence is crucial, so that these principals could be properly applied on suitable situation and in suitable patients.