Archivos españoles de urología
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Routine medical practice is an admixture of scientific knowledge, uncontrasted physiopathological deduction and intuition based on personal experience. Evidence-based medicine is a new approach to medical practice that is based on appropriately contrasted data and includes the following steps: 1) accurately define the problem we are dealing with, 2) investigate the medical literature efficiently, and 3) select the best, relevant studies and apply the corresponding norms to the evidence. ⋯ Undoubtedly, evidence-based medicine provides advantages for the medical practice and underscores the importance of data and statistical procedures. This new paradigm, however, should not set aside the traditional, hypothetical-deductive approach.