Evidence-reviewed. Citations throughout. A paper lands in your inbox. A machine learning model for distinguishing spinal tuberculosis from pyogenic vertebral infection and spinal metastasis on MRI. Accuracy: 98.3%. The abstract is confident. The supplementary figures are polished. Your procurement team is interested. Before you endorse it, do some arithmetic. This paper (PMID 42082966) is an … Read more
A closer look at the evidence. The first time I scrubbed to a robotic arthroplasty list, I made the same assumption most trainees make. I assumed the technology would do something recognisable — that I would watch it operate, and learn from watching. What I actually learned is that robotic surgery doesn’t work that way, … Read more
Evidence-reviewed. Citations throughout. A paper lands in your inbox. The headline: a deep learning algorithm achieves 94% accuracy in fracture detection, outperforming both radiologists and orthopaedic surgeons. A colleague forwards it with a one-line message: “thoughts?” Whether your reaction is excitement, scepticism, or indifference, the answer depends on understanding what kind of system this actually … Read more