ArticleFrontiers in surgery2023
Unnecessary spine surgery: can we solve this ongoing conundrum?
Article in Frontiers in surgery, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07273006 (Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation As Alternative To Nerve Blocks In Anesthesia, Pain Medicine And Rehabilitation Of Nonspecific Chronic Pain), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers.
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Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation As Alternative To Nerve Blocks In Anesthesia, Pain Medicine And Rehabilitation Of Nonspecific Chronic Pain
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4 citing papers in PubMed.
- Strategies for High-Quality Spine Surgery in Resource-Limited Settings: The Five-P Framework for Equitable Surgical Delivery.Global spine journal · 2026Review
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- Why do orthopaedic surgeons get sued? An analysis of £2.2 billion in claims against NHS England: trends in litigation and strategies to enhance care.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2025Article
- Reducing the value/burden ratio: a key to high performance in value-based care.BMJ quality & safety · 2025Article
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