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ArticleActa orthopaedica2024

Letter to the Editor: Regional variation in low-value musculoskeletal surgery: a nationwide study from the Finnish Care Register.

Christopher W Digiovanni, C Niek Van Dijk, Mark Glazebrook, Helka Koivu, Mikko Hautamäki, Anssi Härkönen, Masato Takao, Manfred Thomas, Marko Mykkänen, James W Stone and 1 more

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Article in Acta orthopaedica, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Christopher W DigiovanniDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts General and Newton-Wellesley Hospitals, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
C Niek Van DijkUniversity of Amsterdam, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Amsterdam UMC location AMC, the Netherlands.
Mark GlazebrookDalhousie University, Reconstructive Foot & Ankle Surgery and Orthopedic Sports Medicine, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Center Halifax Infirmary, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Helka KoivuHospital Pihlajalinna Turku Kupittaa, University of Turku, Turku, Finland. helka.koivu@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-4292-643X
Mikko HautamäkiHospital Pihlajalinna Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Anssi HärkönenKuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland.
Masato TakaoJujo Hospital, Mangoku, Kisarazu, Chiba, Japan.
Manfred ThomasHospital, Augsburg, Germany.
Marko MykkänenHospital Pihlajalinna Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
James W StoneOrthopedic Institute of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Wisconsin, USA.
Alastair YoungerDepartment of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Canada.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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PMID39711294
PMCPMC11664432

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