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ReviewUnfallchirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany)2025

["Are generalists still needed or can we afford to do without them?" : "Yes, but still only very rarely and they also quasi no longer exist"].

S Flohé, B Friemert

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Review in Unfallchirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

S FlohéKlinik für Unfallchirurgie, Orthopädie und Handchirurgie, Städtischen Klinikum Solingen GmbH, Gotenstr. 1, 42653, Solingen, Deutschland.
B FriemertZentrales Klinisches Management, Bundeswehrkrankenkaus Ulm, Oberer Eselsberg 40, 89081, Ulm, Deutschland. benediktfriemert@t-online.de.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

For several years now, the question has been asked whether there is still any need for generalists in surgery. Those who still believe in generalists are often described as stuck in the past, because the only specialization is modern. There is no doubt that specialization is well underway and that patient care has certainly improved as a result. Nevertheless, the question remains whether providing care to the population across the board and in all situations for which we must be prepared is effective. If generalists are still needed then for what, for which situation, for which task and how must they be trained and educated? The following article addresses these questions and attempts to find an answer, supplemented by a brief look into the future.

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General SurgerySpecializationGermanyHumansEmergencyMass casualty incidentsPatient careSpecializationSurgery

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.