Why do surgeons continue to perform unnecessary surgery?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopaedics, and Department of Neurosurgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center, 777 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80204 USA ; Department of Neurosurgery, University of Colorado, School of Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO 80204 USA.
² Department of Orthopaedics, and Department of Neurosurgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center, 777 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80204 USA.
³ Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado, School of Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO 80204 USA.

Editorial

Philip F Stahel et al. Patient Saf Surg. 2017.

. 2017 Jan 13:11:1.

doi: 10.1186/s13037-016-0117-6. eCollection 2017.

¹ Department of Orthopaedics, and Department of Neurosurgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center, 777 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80204 USA ; Department of Neurosurgery, University of Colorado, School of Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO 80204 USA.
² Department of Orthopaedics, and Department of Neurosurgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center, 777 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80204 USA.
³ Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado, School of Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO 80204 USA.

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