Surgeon Practice Patterns of Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy for Degenerative Disease in the United States: A Measure of Low-Value Care

Overview

Journal JAMA Surg

Publisher American Medical Association

Specialty General Surgery

Date 2018 Mar 1

PMID 29490362

Citations 5

Authors

Philip F Stahel

Peiqi Wang

Susan Hutfless

Eric McCarty

Philip S Mehler

Greg Michael Osgood

Martin A Makary

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